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The Kennels Hexton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3JG

25/02546/DOCDetails of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 October 2025

Council decision: Approval of DetailsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Details reserved by condition 4 (Ecological Enhancement Plan) of planning permission reference 24/02845/FP granted 08.07.2025.

Received
3 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Offa Ward
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.9 Nov
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided21 Oct

Decided in 18 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at The Kennels Hexton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3JG. North Hertfordshire has handled 728 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 4 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hexton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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
SG5 3JG
Application type
Details of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hexton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 October 2025
Consultation expiry
9 November 2025
Consultation end
9 November 2025
Last date for comments
9 November 2025
Target decision date
28 November 2025
Permission expires
21 October 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Richard Chambers
Agent address
72 Lytton Avenue Letchworth SG6 3HY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14374061
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Hexton
  • Green belt: North Hertfordshire
  • Registered park and garden: Hexton Manor
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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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