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Land At New Pound Farm East Side Of Old Hale Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0SA

26/00262/FPFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 October 2026

Council decision: Conditional Permission6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of one detached dwelling.

Received
2 February 2026
Public comments
16 · last counted 23 October 2026
Ward
Hitchin Bearton Ward
Agent
Peter George Town Planning
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.21 May
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 255 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At New Pound Farm East Side Of Old Hale Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0SA. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 255 days, 29 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 118 applications across Hitchin Bearton 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 0SA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026
Consultation expiry
21 May 2026
Consultation end
21 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
19 March 2026
Last date for comments
21 May 2026
Target decision date
11 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Peter George Town Planning
Agent address
Nine Hills Road Cambridge CB2 1GE

Planning decision

Case officer
Thomas Howe
Statutory period
98 days

Publicity

Site notice end
19 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14635258
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: North Hertfordshire

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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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