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Upton House Baldock Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AY

25/02465/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 15 January 2026

Council decision: Conditional ConsentDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Internal alterations to facilitate conversion of existing basement to additional office space.

Received
19 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Royston Heath Ward
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.19 Dec
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Upton House Baldock Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AY. North Hertfordshire has handled 345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Royston conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Royston Heath Ward. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 postcode area.

93% of heritage 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 5AY
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Royston Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2025
Consultation expiry
19 December 2025
Consultation end
19 December 2025
Last date for comments
19 December 2025
Target decision date
16 January 2026
Permission expires
15 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Paul Buckthorpe
Agent address
The Gables Bury Road Bury Ramsey Cambs PE26 1NE

Planning decision

Statutory period
58 days

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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. 2026
    6 Jul

    Details reserved by condition 2 (Photographic Survey -Area of Staircase) of listed building consent reference…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01704/DOC
  2. 2026
    6 Jul

    Details reserved by condition 3 (Basement Window Survey) of listed building consent reference no 25/02465/LBC

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01767/DOC
  3. 2026
    6 Jul

    Details reserved by condition 4 (New Window Details) of listed building consent reference no 25/02465/LBC

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01769/DOC
  4. 2026
    6 Jul

    Details reserved by condition 5 (Method of Tanking) of listed building consent reference no 25/02465/LBC

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01770/DOC
  5. 2025
    19 Nov

    Internal alterations to facilitate conversion of existing basement to additional office space.

    This applicationConditional ConsentListed building consent25/02465/LBC

Source: North Hertfordshire

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