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Land On The South Of Oughtonhead Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2NA

25/03137/NHCNHC ConsulteeApproved

Approved on 19 January 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

A statutory consultation made under section 8(3) of the Water Industry Act 1991 (WIA91) to grant Independent Water Networks a variation to its appointment as a water and sewerage company. NORTH HERTS COUNCIL CONSULTEE ONLY

Received
11 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hitchin Oughton Ward
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 39 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Land On The South Of Oughtonhead Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2NA. North Hertfordshire has handled 6,871 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 16 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Hitchin Oughton Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SG5 2NA
Application type
NHC Consultee
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2025
Target decision date
1 January 2026
Decision issued
20 January 2026
Permission expires
20 January 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: North HertfordshirePart of the site
  • 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

16 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    19 Oct

    Amend approved plans to enable site layout changes (as non-material amendment to planning permission…

    PendingNon-material amendment26/02663/NMA
  2. 2026
    28 Aug

    Condition 15 (Archaeological WSI) as details reserved by condition of planning permission 23/00563/FP

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/02172/DOC
  3. 2026
    6 Aug

    Reduce the number of solar panels shown on the approved plans to two per dwelling across the development…

    ApprovedNon-material amendment26/01972/NMA
  4. 2026
    29 Jun

    Removal of garden rooms to plots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 39 and…

    ApprovedNon-material amendment26/01646/NMA
  5. 2026
    14 Apr

    Removal of solar panels (as Non-Material Amendment to application reference 23/00563/FP

    RefusedNon-material amendment26/00973/NMA
  6. 2025
    26 Jun

    Application for the discharge of Planning Obligation under S106A of the TCPA 1990 Open Space Management Scheme

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01795/S106A

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