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Former The Princess Helena College School Lane Preston Hertfordshire SG4 7TZ

26/01195/DOCApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 1 June 2026

Council decision: Agreed

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

Proposal

Details reserved by condition 3 (Phasing Plan) of listed building consent reference no 24/01605/LBC granted 04.03.2025.

Received
29 April 2026
Ward
Hitchwood Ward
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 33 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Former The Princess Helena College School Lane Preston Hertfordshire SG4 7TZ. North Hertfordshire has handled 6,871 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 2 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Preston conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Hitchwood Ward. We hold 2,228 applications in total for the SG4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SG4 7TZ
Parish
Preston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Peter Bull

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: Preston
  • Green belt: North Hertfordshire
  • Registered park and garden: Temple Dinsley
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    29 Apr

    Details reserved by condition 4 (Phasing [Plan) of planning permission reference no 24/01604/FP

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside26/01138/DOC
  2. 2026
    29 Apr

    Details reserved by condition 3 (Phasing Plan) of listed building consent reference no 24/01605/LBC

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01195/DOC

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