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41 The Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RQ

26/00960/LDCPLawful Development Certificate ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 May 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of solar panels to rear southwest roofslope of dwelling

Received
7 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hitchin Highbury Ward
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Jul
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 5 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at 41 The Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RQ. North Hertfordshire has handled 456 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 6 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hitchin conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

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 9RQ
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2026
Target decision date
2 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14854895
Comments
0
Documents
8

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
  • 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, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    28 Nov

    T1: Maple - Reduction of 50% to previous pollard points

    ApprovedTrees (Conservation Area)24/02720/TCA

Source: North Hertfordshire

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