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5 Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RW

26/01094/FPHApproved

Approved on 27 July 2026

Council decision: Conditional Permission6 conditions

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

Proposal

Erection of detached garage/workshop outbuilding and detached summerhouse outbuilding following demolition of existing detached garage. Widening of existing vehicular access and replacement retaining wall, pillars and access gates. Hard and soft landscaping works. (Amended by plans received 16.06.2026)

Received
27 April 2026
Ward
Hitchin Highbury Ward
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.22 Jul
  4. Target3 Aug
  5. Decided27 Jul

Decided in 91 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 5 Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RW. North Hertfordshire has handled 6,871 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 weeks longer 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.

Application details

Postcode
SG4 9RW
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2026
Consultation end
22 July 2026
Target decision date
3 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
WORCESTER LLOYD LIMITED

Planning decision

Case officer
Saffron Loasby

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
    16 May

    Mixed Laurel Hedge - Fell

    ApprovedTrees (Conservation Area)24/01081/TCA

Source: North Hertfordshire

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