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Building To The Rear Of 54-56 Leys Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3EQ

Refused North Hertfordshire 21/00088/FP Full Planning Permission

Works: New dwelling Loft or dormer Small domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Addition of first floor with part mansard and part hipped roof and external alterations to facilitate change of use of detached single-storey building to create 2no. x 1-bedroom flats and associated works.

As published by the council, reference 21/00088/FP

Application record

Reference
21/00088/FP
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
13 Jan 2021
Validated
13 Jan 2021
Decided
6 Jul 2021
Ward
Letchworth South West Historic
Parish
Letchworth Garden City
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
SG6 3EQ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 Jan 2021

    Received by North Hertfordshire

  2. 6 Jul 2021

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

18 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

North Hertfordshire refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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