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Building At The Rear Of 122 Nightingale Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1RG

26/01296/FPFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 28 July 2026

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

Proposal

Conversion of redundant garage/workshop to form one 1-bedroom dwelling to include alterations to fenestration, insertion of dormer window and rooflight, external render, parking and cycle storage area following partial demolition of existing three garages.

Received
2 June 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Hitchin Bearton Ward
  1. Received2 Jun
  2. Validated2 Jun
  3. Consult.27 Jun
  4. Target28 Jul
  5. Decided28 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Building At The Rear Of 122 Nightingale Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1RG. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Hitchin Bearton Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.

92% of full 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
SG5 1RG
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 June 2026
Consultation expiry
4 July 2026
Consultation end
27 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
4 July 2026
Last date for comments
4 July 2026
Target decision date
28 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Mr Mark Scott
Architect profile
M SCOTT ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN LTD
Agent address
Bancroft House 34 Bancroft Hitchin Herts SG5 1LA

Planning decision

Case officer
Thomas Howe
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
4 July 2026

Additional information

Documents
11

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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