7 Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RW
Approved on 29 January 2026
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use of first, second and third floors from residential (Use Class C3) to commercial (Use Class E).
- Received
- 2 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Hitchin Highbury Ward
- ReceivedReceived2 Dec
- ValidatedValidated2 Dec
- Consult.Consultation27 Dec
- TargetTarget Date6 Feb
- DecidedDecided29 Jan
Decided in 58 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 7 Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RW. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hitchin conservation area. 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 9RW
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 3 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 27 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 3 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 February 2026
- Decision issued
- 2 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 2 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Jonathan Read
- Agent address
- Suite 1 21 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1JW United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 66 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 3 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 3 January 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14473022
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Hitchin
- 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 (21)
flood storage 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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