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Anderson House Florence Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1RA

Granted North Hertfordshire 24/02173/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 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

  1. 10 Oct 2024

    Received by North Hertfordshire

  2. 11 Dec 2024

    Decision issued: Conditional Permission

  3. 28 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

33 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

North Hertfordshire granted permission on 11 December 2024, 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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