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Land East Of Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire

25/02613/PRE2Follow up PRE APPAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Follow up pre-app advice in relation to 24/02900/PRE - 50 dwellings including associated roads, parking, open space and infrastructure

Received
10 October 2025
Decision due
21 November 2025
Ward
Hitchin Bearton Ward
  1. Received10 Oct
  2. Validated10 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at Land East Of Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire. North Hertfordshire has handled 6,871 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 10 October 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Hitchin conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Hitchin Bearton Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SG5 1HP
Application type
Follow up PRE APP
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
50
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Michael Smith
Agent address
2 Exchange Court London Road Feering Colchester Essex CO5 9FB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0

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: Hitchin
  • Listed building: Grade II: 15, ChurchyardOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 (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

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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