Waterhall Farm The Valley Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8BN
Withdrawn on 27 July 2026
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Proposal
Change of use of redundant barns (units 3a, 3b and 3c) from Agricultural to flexible use (B8) (Storage or Distribution).
- Received
- 17 June 2026
- Ward
- Hitchwood Ward
- ReceivedReceived17 Jun
- ValidatedValidated17 Jun
- Consult.Consultation31 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided27 Jul
Decided in 40 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Waterhall Farm The Valley Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8BN. North Hertfordshire has handled 6,871 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 40 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Whitwell conservation area, with 5 listed buildings 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 8BN
- Parish
- St Pauls Walden Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 June 2026
- Consultation end
- 31 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Thomas Howe
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Whitwell
- 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
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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: North Hertfordshire
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