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40 Whitehill Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9HP

26/00981/NMAPermitted
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Reduce height of chimney. Re-orient and correct sizes of proposed solar panel (as non-material amendment of planning 25/02012/FPH granted 11.11.2025)

Received
15 April 2026
Decided
6 May 2026 · Agreed
Ward
Hitchin Highbury Ward
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received15 Apr
  2. Validated15 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 21 days

This is a planning application for a solar installation at 40 Whitehill Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9HP. North Hertfordshire has handled 6,691 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. This one was decided in 21 days, 4 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Hitchin Highbury Ward. We hold 2,197 applications in total for the SG4 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/00981/NMA
Address
40 Whitehill Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9HP
Postcode
SG4 9HP
Local Authority
North Hertfordshire
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Hitchin Highbury Ward
Parish
Hitchin

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
15 April 2026
Date Decided
6 May 2026
Date Validated
15 April 2026
Date Submitted
15 April 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Agreed
Case Officer
Thomas Howe

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
51.944466, -0.268280
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: North Hertfordshire

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Planning constraints

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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