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68 Gaping Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2JE

26/00884/LDCPApproved

Approved on 11 May 2026

Council decision: Granted

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Single storey side extension

Received
3 April 2026
Ward
Hitchin Oughton Ward
  1. Received3 Apr
  2. Validated3 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 38 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a single storey side extension at 68 Gaping Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2JE. North Hertfordshire has handled 6,871 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 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 39 applications across Hitchin Oughton Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SG5 2JE
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
RDO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN LTD

Planning decision

Case officer
William Thompson

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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.

Source: North Hertfordshire

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