Planning application
Hill Cottage Hitchwood Lane Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RY
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of Use of agricultural land to residential.
As published by the council, reference 21/00384/FP
Application record
- Reference
- 21/00384/FP
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Conditional Permission
- Received
- 4 Feb 2021
- Validated
- 4 Feb 2021
- Decided
- 29 Jul 2021
- Ward
- Hitchwood Offa And Hoo Historic
- Parish
- Langley Parish Meeting
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SG4 7RY
Site history
Applications at this address on the North Hertfordshire register
This site has had 5 applications since 2021: 5 approved, 0 refused.
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21/01894/LBC Granted
Hill Cottage Hitchwood Lane Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RY
Insertion of French doors, and amendments to two previously approved doors, on rear elevation as revision of previously approved Listed Building Consent 21/00976/LBC granted 25.05.2021 (as amended by plans received 25.08.21 and 31.08.21)
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21/01994/FPH Granted
Hill Cottage Hitchwood Lane Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RY
Change two doors on the rear elevation and swap a window for French doors on the rear elevation (as a resubmission of planning permission 21/00975/FPH granted on 25.05.2021) (as amended by plans received 25.08.21 and 31.08.21)
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21/00976/LBC Granted
Hill Cottage Hitchwood Lane Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RY
Replacement front entrance porch; replacement single storey side extension; replacement single storey front extension; external and internal alterations
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21/00975/FPH Granted
Hill Cottage Hitchwood Lane Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RY
Replacement front entrance porch; replacement single storey side extension; replacement single storey front extension; single storey side extension and detached garage, store and ancillary accommodation following demolition of existing timber outbuildings together with all associated works.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Feb 2021
Received by North Hertfordshire
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29 Jul 2021
Decision issued: Conditional Permission
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26 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Edmund Wright Agent, registered in Cardiff
Dissolved · incorporated 2023 · Cardiff
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North Hertfordshire granted permission on 29 July 2021, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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