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The Biggin Queen Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1AB

26/00612/FPFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 September 2026

Council decision: Conditional Permission3 conditions

Proposal

Installation of perimeter railing, gate and wall following removal of existing fence. Installation of free-standing Air Source Heat Pump and associated enclosure, new bin and cycle store together with hard and soft landscaping works including low-level lighting.

Received
23 March 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 20 October 2026
Ward
Hitchin Priory Ward
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.7 May
  4. Target18 May
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 176 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Biggin Queen Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1AB. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 176 days, 18 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hitchin conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Hitchin Priory Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 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
SG5 1AB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2026
Consultation expiry
16 May 2026
Consultation end
7 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
14 May 2026
Last date for comments
16 May 2026
Target decision date
18 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Michael Collins
Agent address
Second Floor, 99 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1NQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Vicki Wood
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 May 2026
Site notice end
14 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14743731
Documents
32

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Hitchin
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Biggin AlmshousesOn or next to this site
  • 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 (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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    23 Mar

    Installation of perimeter railing, gate and wall following removal of existing fence. Installation of…

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  2. 2026
    23 Mar

    Internal and external alterations including replacement windows and installation of secondary glazing (as…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside26/00613/LBC

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