Garrison Court Hollow Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9SE
Approved on 12 May 2026
Council decision: Conditional Permission2 conditions
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Proposal
Replacement of five rear escape staircases and balustrades following the removal of five rear existing staircases and balustrades
- Received
- 2 April 2026
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Hitchin Highbury Ward
- ReceivedReceived2 Apr
- ValidatedValidated2 Apr
- Consult.Consultation30 Apr
- TargetTarget Date28 May
- DecidedDecided12 May
Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Garrison Court Hollow Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9SE. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Hitchin Highbury Ward. We hold 2,228 applications in total for the SG4 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
- SG4 9SE
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 7 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 30 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 7 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 28 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Mr Simon Devlin
- Architect profile
- DEVLIN ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- Bridgefoot House 159 High Street Huntingdon Cambridgeshire PE293TF United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Thomas Howe
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 7 May 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14662468
- Documents
- 20
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: The Exchange, Queen Street, HitchinRegister site at or near this address
- 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, 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 and heritage coasts.
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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© 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.
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Source: North Hertfordshire
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