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7-8 Portmill Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1AS

Granted North Hertfordshire 21/00391/FP Full Planning Permission

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Change of Use from (B1a) offices to residential to provide two 5-bed and one 3-bed dwellings (as amended by plans received 25/02/21)

As published by the council, reference 21/00391/FP

Application record

Reference
21/00391/FP
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Conditional Permission
Received
4 Feb 2021
Validated
4 Feb 2021
Decided
23 Jul 2021
Ward
Hitchin Highbury Ward Historic
Parish
Hitchin
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
SG5 1AS

Site history

Applications at this address on the North Hertfordshire register

This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 21/00392/LBC Granted

    7-8 Portmill Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1AS

    Internal and external alterations to facilitate conversion from existing offices to two 5-bed and one 3-bed dwellings (as amended by plans received 25/02/21)

    Decided 23 Jul 2021 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Feb 2021

    Received by North Hertfordshire

  2. 23 Jul 2021

    Decision issued: Conditional Permission

  3. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

21 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

North Hertfordshire granted permission on 23 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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    21/00392/LBC Submitted 4 Feb 2021 50 yards away

    Internal and external alterations to facilitate conversion from existing offices to two 5-bed and one 3-bed dwellings (as amended by plans received 25/02/21)

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 20 docs

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