55 Benslow Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RD
Approved on 12 May 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required1 condition
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Proposal
Single storey rear extension with the following dimension: Length as measured from rear wall of original dwelling - 6.03 metres
- Received
- 10 April 2026
- Ward
- Hitchin Bearton Ward
- ReceivedReceived10 Apr
- ValidatedValidated10 Apr
- Consult.Consultation7 May
- TargetTarget Date21 May
- DecidedDecided12 May
Decided in 32 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 55 Benslow Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RD. North Hertfordshire has handled 456 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 2 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Hitchin Bearton Ward. We hold 2,228 applications in total for the SG4 postcode area.
86% of outline 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 9RD
- Application type
- Neighbour Consultation Scheme
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 7 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 7 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 21 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Jonathan Reed
- Architect profile
- PENTANGLE DESIGN LIMITED
- Agent address
- Suite 1 21 Bancroft Hitchin Herts SG5 1JW United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Kerry Andrews
- Statutory period
- 41 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: North Hertfordshire
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