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50 Westwood Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9LL

26/01406/FPHFull Permission HouseholderApproved
Householder

Approved on 18 August 2026

Council decision: Conditional Permission3 conditions

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

Proposal

Two storey side extension including front and rear dormer windows. Alterations to existing dormer windows including installation of external cladding. Alterations to fenestration and external render.

Received
11 June 2026
Ward
Hitchin Highbury Ward
  1. Received11 Jun
  2. Validated11 Jun
  3. Consult.16 Jul
  4. Target6 Aug
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 68 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey side extension at 50 Westwood Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9LL. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 3 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. 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.

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
SG4 9LL
Application type
Full Permission Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 June 2026
Consultation expiry
16 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
16 July 2026
Last date for comments
16 July 2026
Target decision date
6 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Mr Joe Reader
Agent address
Suite 10 18 Walsworth Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9SP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Melissa Tyler
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14973085
Comments
0
Documents
4

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    3 Mar

    Two storey side extension and alterations to fenestration.

    RefusedHouseholder26/00475/FPH

Source: North Hertfordshire

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