Royston Manor House 14 Melbourn Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7BZ
Approved on 19 June 2026
Council decision: Conditional Permission3 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use of land from car park to external seating area to include installation of planters with signage (development already carried out).
- Received
- 11 March 2026
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Royston Palace Ward
- ReceivedReceived11 Mar
- ValidatedValidated11 Mar
- Consult.Consultation15 Apr
- TargetTarget Date6 May
- DecidedDecided19 Jun
Decided in 100 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Royston Manor House 14 Melbourn Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7BZ. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 7 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Royston conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Royston Palace Ward. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 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
- SG8 7BZ
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Royston Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 15 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 18 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Jamie Pert
- Agent address
- Unit B Ryedale House 58-60 Piccadilly York Y01 9NX United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Vicki Wood
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 18 April 2026
- Site notice end
- 15 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14739588
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Royston
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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Associated applications
- 202616 Sep
Variation of boundary treatments: replace approved plan 3261-501
ConditionsVariation of conditions (s73)26/02277/S73 - 202611 Mar
Change of use of land from car park to external seating area to include installation of planters with signage…
This applicationApprovedFull26/00573/FP
Source: North Hertfordshire
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