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17 Hodwell Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5QQ

26/01503/FPHFull Permission HouseholderApproved
Householder

Approved on 16 October 2026

Council decision: Conditional Permission9 conditions

Proposal

Two storey side/rear extension and single storey side extension following demolition of existing garage/workshop and removal of chimney. Covered front porch and alterations to fenestration. Installation of vehicular and pedestrian gates, brick piers, brick boundary walls and timber fencing. Erection of detached shed, external rendering and cladding. Soft and hard landscaping works.

Received
25 June 2026
Public comments
4 · last counted 23 October 2026
Ward
Arbury Ward
  1. Received25 Jun
  2. Validated25 Jun
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target20 Aug
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 113 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 17 Hodwell Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5QQ. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 9 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Ashwell conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Arbury Ward. We hold 486 applications in total for the SG7 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
SG7 5QQ
Application type
Full Permission Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ashwell Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 June 2026
Consultation expiry
12 August 2026
Consultation end
12 August 2026
Neighbour consultation end
31 July 2026
Last date for comments
13 August 2026
Target decision date
20 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Mr Neil Hansford
Architect profile
INIGO ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
The Firs 81 Station Road Lower Stondon SG16 6JN

Planning decision

Case officer
Vicki Wood
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
25 July 2026
Site notice end
26 July 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15002507
Documents
6

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: Ashwell
  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    29 Oct

    Amendment to Condition 8 (Windows) of planning permission 26/01503/FPH

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/02805/S73
  2. 2026
    25 Jun

    Two storey side/rear extension and single storey side extension following demolition of existing…

    This applicationApprovedFull26/01503/FPH

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