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8a Bucklersbury Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BB

25/01097/FPApproved

Approved on 17 July 2026

Council decision: Conditional Permission3 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of first and second floor from C3 maisonette flat into C4 (small HMO) containing 4 bedsit rooms. Alterations to fenestration. (amended plans received 27.10.2025)

Received
9 July 2025
Ward
Hitchin Priory Ward
  1. Received9 Jul
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 373 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 8a Bucklersbury Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BB. North Hertfordshire has handled 6,871 applications of this type. This one was decided in 373 days, 46 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hitchin conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

Application details

Postcode
SG5 1BB
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
NORTHLIGHT ARCHITECTS LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer
Thomas Howe

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Hitchin
  • Listed building: Grade II: 9-12, BucklersburyOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Brownfield land register: 2 - 8 Bucklersbury Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BBRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (19)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    9 Jul

    Change of use of first and second floor from C3 maisonette flat into C4 (small HMO) containing 4 bedsit…

    This applicationApprovedApplication25/01097/FP
  2. 2025
    9 Jul

    Internal and external alterations to facilitate change of use of first and second floor from C3 maisonette…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside25/01098/LBC

Source: North Hertfordshire

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