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5 Cambridge Road Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8HN

26/01727/FPFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 2 October 2026

Council decision: Conditional Permission6 conditions

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

Proposal

Erection of self-build dwelling with Juliet balcony, solar panels, and access steps following demolition of existing dwelling and outbuildings. Hard landscaping to include creation of no.2 parking spaces to front elevation. Installation of bin storage.

Received
21 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 19 October 2026
Ward
Ermine Ward
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.14 Aug
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 73 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 5 Cambridge Road Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8HN. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 3 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 136 applications across Ermine Ward. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 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
SG8 8HN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2026
Consultation expiry
21 August 2026
Consultation end
14 August 2026
Neighbour consultation end
21 August 2026
Last date for comments
21 August 2026
Target decision date
15 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
Vicki Wood
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
21 August 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15068440
Documents
21

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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