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Former The Princess Helena College School Lane Preston Hertfordshire SG4 7TZ

25/01928/DOCDetails of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 11 August 2025

Council decision: Approval of DetailsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Details reserved by BNG Condition of planning permission reference 24/01604/FP granted 17/07/2025

Received
4 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Hitchwood Ward
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Sep
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 7 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Former The Princess Helena College School Lane Preston Hertfordshire SG4 7TZ. North Hertfordshire has handled 728 applications of this type. This one was decided in 7 days, 6 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Hitchwood Ward. We hold 2,228 applications in total for the SG4 postcode area.

98% of conditions 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
SG4 7TZ
Application type
Details of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Preston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2025
Target decision date
29 September 2025
Permission expires
11 August 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Tom Allington
Agent address
The Gatehouse Hadham Hall Little Hadham Ware SG112EB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13988204
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: North Hertfordshire
  • Registered park and garden: Temple Dinsley
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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