Planning application
Anderson House Florence Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1RA
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from care home (use class C2) to supported hostel accommodation (sui generis) and provision of additional car parking, refuse/recycling store and cycle storage. Erection of single storey store (as amended by plan nos. 1300-S2-P04, 1350-S2-P03 (002), 1181-S2-P06 and CCTV layout plans received 13.11.2024)
As published by the council, reference 24/02173/FP
Application record
- Reference
- 24/02173/FP
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Conditional Permission
- Received
- 10 Oct 2024
- Validated
- 10 Oct 2024
- Decided
- 11 Dec 2024
- Ward
- Hitchin Bearton Ward
- Parish
- Hitchin
- Decision by
- Planning Control Committee
- Postcode
- SG5 1RA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Oct 2024
Received by North Hertfordshire
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11 Dec 2024
Decision issued: Conditional Permission
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28 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
33 documents on file for this application
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