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83 Whitehill Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9HP

25/03227/FPFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 17 March 2026

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)19 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of two detached 3-bedroom dwellings including cycle stores, air source heat pumps and parking.

Received
15 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Hitchin Highbury Ward
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 61 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 83 Whitehill Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9HP. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 12 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications 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 9HP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Consultation expiry
27 March 2026
Consultation end
27 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
19 February 2026
Last date for comments
27 March 2026
Target decision date
3 April 2026
Permission expires
17 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Charles Speakman
Agent address
8 Broadmeadow Ride Hitchin SG4 7ST United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
78 days

Publicity

Site notice end
19 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14584819
Documents
20

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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