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Highwood Hitchwood Lane Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RY

26/01881/DOCPermitted
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Details reserved by Condition 8 (Phase 2 Geo-Environmental Assessment) of planning permission reference 24/02882/FP granted on 23.07.2025.

Received
28 July 2026
Decided
18 September 2026 · Approval of Details
Public comments
0 · last counted 22 October 2026
Ward
Hitchwood Ward
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received28 Jul
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 52 days

This is a planning application at Highwood Hitchwood Lane Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RY. North Hertfordshire has handled 6,690 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. This one was decided in 52 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,197 applications in total for the SG4 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/01881/DOC
Address
Highwood Hitchwood Lane Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RY
Postcode
SG4 7RY
Local Authority
North Hertfordshire
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Hitchwood Ward
Parish
Langley Parish Meeting

Applicant & Agent

Architect ProfileCLAGUE ARCHITECTS LIMITED

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
28 July 2026
Date Decided
18 September 2026
Date Validated
28 July 2026
Date Submitted
28 July 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Approval of Details
Case Officer
Henry Thomas

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
51.903362, -0.274934
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: North Hertfordshire

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Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: North Hertfordshire
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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