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Waterhall Farm The Valley Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8BN

26/01947/PNRApproved

Approved on 29 September 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required3 conditions

Proposal

Change of use of existing agricultural building to flexible commercial use comprising pottery studio and workshop, pottery teaching and associated storage, together with gym equipment repair and associated storage.

Received
4 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 23 October 2026
Ward
Hitchwood Ward
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 56 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. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitwell conservation area, with 2 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
4 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Thomas Howe

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Whitwell
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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 2026-11-03. 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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