2A Lower Gower Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5EA
Approved on 27 February 2026
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Single storey side and rear extension and erection of single garage following demolition of existing rear conservatory, side extension and detached side garage.
- Received
- 15 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Royston Palace Ward
- ReceivedReceived15 Jan
- ValidatedValidated15 Jan
- Consult.Consultation11 Feb
- TargetTarget Date12 Mar
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 2A Lower Gower Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5EA. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Royston Palace Ward. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 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
- SG8 5EA
- Application type
- Full Permission Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Royston Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 11 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 18 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 27 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Matthew Whitthread
- Agent address
- Yew Tree House The Slade Fenny Compton Fenny Compton, Southam Warwickshire CV47 2YB United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14609904
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
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.
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Source: North Hertfordshire
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