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Roysia Lodge Roman Way Academy Burns Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5EQ

25/01060/FPFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 8 July 2025

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Temporary change of use of former hard surfaced play area to car park for offsite construction contractor parking. Erection of temporary fencing, access road and welfare building (change of use already commenced).

Received
2 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Royston Palace Ward
  1. Received2 May
  2. Validated2 May
  3. Consult.2 Jul
  4. Target9 Jul
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 67 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Roysia Lodge Roman Way Academy Burns Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5EQ. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 3 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 postcode area.

92% of full 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
SG8 5EQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Royston Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 May 2025
Consultation expiry
2 July 2025
Consultation end
2 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
7 June 2025
Last date for comments
2 July 2025
Target decision date
9 July 2025
Decision issued
9 July 2025
Permission expires
9 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mrs Liz Fitzgerald
Agent address
33 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1LA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
68 days

Publicity

Site notice end
7 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13951746
Documents
11

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.

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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