Starwood House Avenue One Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2HB

25/00943/DDDemolition DeterminationApproved

Approved on 20 May 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolition of existing building

Received: 29 April 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: North Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Letchworth South East Ward

ReceivedReceived29 Apr
ValidatedValidated29 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date26 May
DecidedDecided20 May

Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Starwood House Avenue One Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2HB. North Hertfordshire has handled 41 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 4 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Letchworth South East Ward. We hold 910 applications in total for the SG6 postcode area.

94% of all applications at North Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: SG6 2HB
Application type: Demolition Determination
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Letchworth Garden City

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 April 2025
Target decision date: 26 May 2025
Decision issued: 21 May 2025
Permission expires: 21 May 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent: Mr John Dudding
Agent address: 50-60 Station Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2JH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 27 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13920575
Comments: 0
Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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13 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: North Hertfordshire

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