Lodge Farm Kings Walden Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8LL
Approved on 16 March 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of general purpose agricultural building.
- Received
- 20 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hitchwood Ward
- ReceivedReceived20 Feb
- ValidatedValidated20 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date20 Mar
- DecidedDecided16 Mar
Decided in 24 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a planning application at Lodge Farm Kings Walden Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8LL. North Hertfordshire has handled 41 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 4 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Hitchwood Ward. We hold 2,228 applications in total for the SG4 postcode area.
94% of all 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 8LL
- Application type
- Agricultural Determination
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Kings Walden Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 March 2026
- Decision issued
- 17 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 17 March 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Stephen Rice
- Agent address
- St Jacobs Hall Laxfield Woodbridge IP13 8HY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: North Hertfordshire
- 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 (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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