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8 - 9 Bridge Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2DE

25/01040/ADAdvertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 14 August 2025

Council decision: Conditional ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of fascia signage and hanging metal sign.

Received
24 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Hitchin Priory Ward
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.18 Jul
  4. Target19 Aug
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 8 - 9 Bridge Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2DE. North Hertfordshire has handled 44 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. The site is in the Hitchin conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Hitchin Priory Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.

91% of advertising 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
SG5 2DE
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2025
Consultation expiry
18 July 2025
Consultation end
18 July 2025
Last date for comments
18 July 2025
Target decision date
19 August 2025
Permission expires
14 August 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13830530
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: North Hertfordshire

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