58 Dacre Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QL
Approved on 1 April 2026
Council decision: Conditional Permission2 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use from HMO to single dwelling and alterations to rear fenestration to include insertion of second floor rear Juliet balcony following removal of redundant escape stair. Installation of solar panels to existing rear elevation roofslope. Provision of two parking spaces and installation of disabled access ramp.
- Received
- 6 February 2026
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Hitchin Bearton Ward
- ReceivedReceived6 Feb
- ValidatedValidated6 Feb
- Consult.Consultation11 Mar
- TargetTarget Date3 Apr
- DecidedDecided1 Apr
Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 58 Dacre Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QL. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Hitchin Bearton 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 1QL
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 11 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 11 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 11 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Stephen Kirby
- Agent address
- Salisbury Hall London Colney St. Albans AL2 1BU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 11 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14651434
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Hitchin Railway and Ransom's Recreation GroundPart of the site
- Brownfield land register: The Nightingale, Nightingale Road, HitchinRegister site at or near this address
- 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, 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 and heritage coasts.
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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: North Hertfordshire
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