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Regal House 54A Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1LL

26/02502/PNMAAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Conversion of second floor office Space from Class E Office use to C3 residential use to create two 1-bedroom flats.

Received
13 October 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 26 October 2026
Ward
Hitchin Priory Ward
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.14 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at Regal House 54A Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1LL. North Hertfordshire has handled 6,871 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Hitchin conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Hitchin Priory Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SG5 1LL
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2026
Consultation end
14 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
PENTANGLE DESIGN LIMITED
Applicant company

Hitchin Estates Limited

Company number 00349268

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
6 Feb 1939 (87 years old)
Nature of business
Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
Hitchin
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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
William Thompson

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hitchin
  • Listed building: Grade II: 53, BancroftOn or next to this site
  • 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, 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.

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© 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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