2 Snailswell Lane Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3TP
Approved on 8 May 2026
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)15 conditions
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Proposal
Erection of two semi-detached 4-bedroom dwellings including ASHPs to side elevations, associated photovoltaic solar panels to rear roofslopes, hard and soft landscaping, parking and creation of two vehicular crossovers off Snailswell Lane. (Amended plans received 01/04/26).
- Received
- 23 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 10
- Ward
- Cadwell Ward
- ReceivedReceived23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated23 Dec
- Consult.Consultation30 Apr
- TargetTarget Date15 May
- DecidedDecided8 May
Decided in 136 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at 2 Snailswell Lane Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3TP. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 12 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Cadwell 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 3TP
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Ickleford Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 30 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 30 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 30 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 30 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 15 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 8 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr James Gran
- Agent address
- 4 Ennismore Close Letchworth Garden City SG6 2SU United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 143 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 18 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14504114
- Documents
- 33
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: North Hertfordshire
- 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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