18 Lavender Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2LU
Approved on 8 May 2026
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions
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Proposal
Alterations to existing roof to include raised roof height and insertion of two front dormer windows to create habitable space at first floor level. Alterations to fenestration.
- Received
- 17 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hitchin Oughton Ward
- ReceivedReceived17 Mar
- ValidatedValidated17 Mar
- Consult.Consultation2 May
- TargetTarget Date12 May
- DecidedDecided8 May
Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 18 Lavender Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2LU. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Hitchin Oughton 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 2LU
- Application type
- Full Permission Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 2 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 2 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 8 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Colin Weatherall Morris
- Agent address
- 29B Hermitage Road Hitchin SG5 1BY United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
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, 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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Source: North Hertfordshire
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