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2 Crab Tree Lane Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3QE

25/03243/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 5 May 2026

Council decision: Conditional ConsentDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Remove existing render. Prior to applying a 3-coat lime rendering onto wooden laths, install breathable insulation into any available voids between frame members. Replace guttering in association with installation of a perimeter French drain around the building. Repair 3 windows to rear of building (not requiring listed building consent).

Received
24 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Offa Ward
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at 2 Crab Tree Lane Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3QE. North Hertfordshire has handled 345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Pirton conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Offa Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.

93% of heritage 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 3QE
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Pirton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Consultation expiry
28 March 2026
Consultation end
20 March 2026
Last date for comments
28 March 2026
Target decision date
5 May 2026
Decision issued
6 May 2026
Permission expires
6 May 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
28 March 2026
Site notice end
27 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14408665
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Pirton
  • Listed building: Grade II: Crabtree HouseOn this site · +3 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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