80 Balmoral Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1XQ
Refused on 19 March 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Single storey rear extension and insertion of two rooflights to existing rear element. Front porch extension.
- Received
- 2 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hitchin Bearton Ward
- ReceivedReceived2 Feb
- ValidatedValidated2 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date30 Mar
- DecidedDecided19 Mar
Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 80 Balmoral Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1XQ. North Hertfordshire has handled 456 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Hitchin Bearton Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.
86% of outline 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 1XQ
- Application type
- Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 30 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ms Heather Moye
- Agent address
- Corner House 1 Balmoral Road Hitchin SG5 1XG United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20262 Sep
Single storey rear extension following removal of existing pitched roof. Front porch extension and external…
ApprovedApplication26/02201/FPH - 20264 Jun
Single storey rear extension and insertion of three rooflights to existing rear element. Front porch…
ApprovedLawful Development Certificate Proposed26/01459/LDCP - 20258 Oct
Single storey rear extension and front porch extension. Insertion of two rooflights to existing rear…
RefusedHouseholder25/02572/FPH
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