45 Bedford Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2JG
Approved on 1 April 2026
Council decision: Conditional Permission2 conditions
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Proposal
Insertion of 3 no. rooflights to front roofslope and 3 no. dormer windows to rear roofslope to facilitate loft conversion to habitable pace. Alterations to fenestration including installation of 1st floor rear Juliette balcony with glass balustrade. Alterations to existing outbuilding including replacement dual pitch roof and fenestration and external cladding.
- Received
- 2 January 2026
- Ward
- Hitchin Oughton Ward
- ReceivedReceived2 Jan
- ValidatedValidated2 Jan
- Consult.Consultation11 Feb
- TargetTarget Date3 Apr
- DecidedDecided1 Apr
Decided in 89 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 45 Bedford Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2JG. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 6 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 41 applications across Hitchin Oughton 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 2JG
- Application type
- Full Permission Householder
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 14 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 11 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 14 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Colin Weatherall Morris
- Agent address
- 3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street London EC2A 4NE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 14 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 11 February 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Butts Close, HitchinNext to 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, 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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