78 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EF
Approved on 23 June 2025
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Alterations to existing detached garage including side extension to create open car port
- Received
- 28 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Ermine Ward
- ReceivedReceived28 Apr
- ValidatedValidated28 Apr
- Consult.Consultation1 Jun
- TargetTarget Date27 Jun
- DecidedDecided23 Jun
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a side extension at 78 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EF. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Barkway conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 138 applications across Ermine Ward. 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 8EF
- Application type
- Full Permission Householder
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Barkway Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 April 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 8 June 2025
- Consultation end
- 1 June 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 8 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 27 June 2025
- Decision issued
- 24 June 2025
- Permission expires
- 24 June 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Graham Aldridge
- Agent address
- 1 Gas Cottage Gas Lane Barkway SG8 8ET
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 60 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 7 June 2025
- Site notice end
- 8 June 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13965335
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Barkway
- 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 (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.
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