Land Adjacent To Unit 3 On The West Side Of Cadwell Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0SA
Refused on 6 February 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of a second layer of storage units (17no. additional units) for self-storage above existing storage units.
- Received
- 12 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 11
- Ward
- Hitchin Bearton Ward
- ReceivedReceived12 Dec
- ValidatedValidated12 Dec
- Consult.Consultation28 Jan
- TargetTarget Date6 Feb
- DecidedDecided6 Feb
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land Adjacent To Unit 3 On The West Side Of Cadwell Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0SA. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Hitchin Bearton 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 0SA
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 28 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 6 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Tom Donovan
- Agent address
- Nine Hills Road Cambridge CB2 1GE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 4 February 2026
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14166106
- Documents
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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.
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Source: North Hertfordshire
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