3 Bell Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9NJ
Approved on 27 November 2025
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
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Proposal
Insertion of rear box dormer with Juliet balcony and 3 no. front rooflights to facilitate loft conversion to habitable space. Front porch extension.
- Received
- 10 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hitchin Highbury Ward
- ReceivedReceived10 Oct
- ValidatedValidated10 Oct
- Consult.Consultation21 Nov
- TargetTarget Date5 Dec
- DecidedDecided27 Nov
Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 3 Bell Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9NJ. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Hitchin Highbury Ward. We hold 2,228 applications in total for the SG4 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
- SG4 9NJ
- Application type
- Full Permission Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 21 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 21 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 5 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 27 November 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr James Batchelor
- Agent address
- - - - - - - -
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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.
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Source: North Hertfordshire
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