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45 Gower Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5DU

26/01653/LDCPLawful Development Certificate ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 August 2026

Council decision: Granted

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

Proposal

Erection of a single storey rear extension

Received
13 July 2026
Ward
Royston Palace Ward
  1. Received13 Jul
  2. Validated13 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Sep
  5. Decided19 Aug

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 45 Gower Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5DU. North Hertfordshire has handled 456 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Royston Palace Ward. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 postcode area.

86% of outline 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
SG8 5DU
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Royston Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 July 2026
Target decision date
7 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Mr Kurt Gander-Howe
Architect profile
KGH STUDIOS LTD
Agent address
Bramble Cottage Heath Road Stanway Colchester CO30QR

Planning decision

Case officer
Tabitha Kaye
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15003648
Comments
0
Documents
10

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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