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62 Bearton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1UF

26/01560/FPHFull Permission HouseholderApproved
Householder

Approved on 23 October 2026

Council decision: Conditional Permission4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Two storey rear extension and erection of rear detached outbuilding following demolition of existing detached shed. Installation of a first floor window into both existing side elevations, and alterations to existing fenestration.

Received
8 July 2026
Public comments
2 · last counted 24 October 2026
Ward
Hitchin Bearton Ward
  1. Received8 Jul
  2. Validated8 Jul
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target2 Sep
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 107 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 62 Bearton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1UF. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 8 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 119 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 1UF
Application type
Full Permission Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 July 2026
Consultation expiry
8 August 2026
Neighbour consultation end
8 August 2026
Last date for comments
8 August 2026
Target decision date
2 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Mr Mark Houghton
Architect profile
HOUGHTON ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Suite 83 Enterprise House 86 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1NQ

Planning decision

Case officer
William Thompson
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
8 August 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15015693
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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