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White House Ashwell Road Newnham Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5JU

25/01361/FPFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 25 February 2026

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use and conversion of barn to provide one self-contained two-bed dwelling including single storey front and rear extensions, side porch extension and alterations to fenestration including parking and hardscaping.

Received
4 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
9
Ward
Arbury Ward
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.21 Feb
  4. Target1 Mar
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 266 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at White House Ashwell Road Newnham Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5JU. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 266 days, 31 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Arbury Ward. We hold 486 applications in total for the SG7 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
SG7 5JU
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Caldecote And Newnham Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2025
Consultation expiry
21 February 2026
Consultation end
21 February 2026
Last date for comments
21 February 2026
Target decision date
1 March 2026
Permission expires
25 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Colin Eades
Agent address
Rose Cottage, High Street Gosmore Hitchin SG4 7QQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
270 days

Publicity

Site notice end
9 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14030220
Documents
50

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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

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.

Source: North Hertfordshire

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