Planning application
7-8 Portmill Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1AS
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
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)
As published by the council, reference 21/00392/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 21/00392/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Conditional Consent
- 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.
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21/00391/FP Granted
7-8 Portmill Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1AS
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)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Feb 2021
Received by North Hertfordshire
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23 Jul 2021
Decision issued: Conditional Consent
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24 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
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