Planning application
8a Bucklersbury Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from class E to class E/Sui Generis of ground floor to tasting room and off-licence.
As published by the council, reference 22/02910/FP
Application record
- Reference
- 22/02910/FP
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Conditional Permission
- Received
- 16 Nov 2022
- Validated
- 16 Nov 2022
- Decided
- 13 Mar 2023
- Ward
- Hitchin Highbury Ward Historic
- Parish
- Hitchin
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SG5 1BB
Site history
Applications at this address on the North Hertfordshire register
This site has had 4 applications since 2022: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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25/01097/FP Granted
8a Bucklersbury Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BB
Change of use of first and second floor from C3 maisonette flat into C4 (small HMO) containing 4 bedsit rooms. Alterations to fenestration. (amended plans received 27.10.2025)
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25/01098/LBC Granted
8a Bucklersbury Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BB
Internal and external alterations to facilitate change of use of first and second floor from C3 maisonette flat into C4 (small HMO) containing 4 bedsit rooms. (amended plans received 27.10.2025)
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22/02962/LBC Granted
8a Bucklersbury Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BB
Installation of an internal stud wall partition for WC facilities to facilitate the change of use from class E to class E/Sui Generis of ground floor to tasting room and off-licence.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Nov 2022
Received by North Hertfordshire
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13 Mar 2023
Decision issued: Conditional Permission
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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North Hertfordshire granted permission on 13 March 2023, 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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8a Bucklersbury Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BB
Installation of an internal stud wall partition for WC facilities to facilitate the change of use from class E to class E/Sui Generis of ground floor to tasting room and off-licence.
Granted Heritage and listed buildings 9 docs -
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Internal and external alterations to facilitate change of use of first and second floor from C3 maisonette flat into C4 (small HMO) containing 4 bedsit rooms. (amended plans received 27.10.2025)
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