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3 Westfield Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HE

25/02958/FPHFull Permission HouseholderRefused
Householder

Refused on 13 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Existing roof altered from hip to gable roof extension including rear dormer with glass balcony balustrade to facilitate loft conversion to habitable space. Single storey side extension. Removal of chimneys.

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Hitchin Priory Ward
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.22 Jan
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at 3 Westfield Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HE. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Hitchin Priory Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 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
SG5 2HE
Application type
Full Permission Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2025
Consultation expiry
22 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
22 January 2026
Last date for comments
22 January 2026
Target decision date
17 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Joe Reader
Agent address
Suite 10 18 Walsworth Road Hitchin SG4 9SP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14465251
Documents
7

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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