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21 Saxon Rise Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3FA

25/02379/FPHFull Permission HouseholderApproved
Householder

Approved on 10 February 2026

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey rear infill extension. Insertion of rooflights to existing rear extension. (as amended by plan nos. PL004A, PL005A & PL006B received 14.01.2026)

Received
17 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Offa Ward
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.7 Feb
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided10 Feb

Decided in 146 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 21 Saxon Rise Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3FA. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 146 days, 14 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Offa Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 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
SG5 3FA
Application type
Full Permission Householder
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Pirton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2025
Consultation expiry
7 February 2026
Consultation end
7 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
7 February 2026
Last date for comments
7 February 2026
Target decision date
9 February 2026
Decision issued
11 February 2026
Permission expires
11 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Mark Houghton
Agent address
Suite 83 Enterprise House 86 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
145 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14338576
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

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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