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The George At Baldock Hitchin Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6AE

26/00398/FPFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 May 2026

Council decision: Conditional Permission4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part change of use and conversion of ground floor to bakery shop, retail unit and an ancillary office. Insertion of two ground floor rear windows.

Received
26 February 2026
Public comments
3
Ward
Baldock West Ward
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 83 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The George At Baldock Hitchin Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6AE. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 5 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Baldock conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Baldock West Ward. We hold 486 applications in total for the SG7 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
SG7 6AE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Baldock

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2026
Consultation expiry
22 April 2026
Consultation end
22 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
3 April 2026
Last date for comments
22 April 2026
Target decision date
23 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Mr James Gran
Agent address
4 Ennismore Close Letchworth Garden City SG6 2SU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Thomas Howe
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
4 April 2026
Site notice end
3 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14688450
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    26 Feb

    Part change of use and conversion of ground floor to bakery shop, retail unit and an ancillary office…

    This applicationApprovedFull26/00398/FP
  2. 2026
    26 Feb

    Insertion of two ground floor rear windows and internal alterations to facilitate part change of use and…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside26/00399/LBC

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