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2 Times Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2UT

25/02500/LDCPLawful Development Certificate ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 May 2026

Council decision: Granted

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of rear access garden gate

Received
5 May 2026
Ward
Hitchin Oughton Ward
  1. Received5 May
  2. Validated5 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 14 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at 2 Times Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2UT. North Hertfordshire has handled 456 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 13 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Hitchin Oughton Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.

86% of outline 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 2UT
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 May 2026
Target decision date
27 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Harriet Sanders
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14366075
Comments
0
Documents
5

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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