Barn Adjacent Dower House Hitchin Road Preston Hertfordshire SG4 7TZ

1. 21 Aug 2025

   Received by North Hertfordshire

2. 24 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

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This application is with North Hertfordshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year North Hertfordshire decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 69 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Dower House Hitchin Road Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7TZ

  20/02682/S73 Submitted 18 Nov 2020 50 yards away

  Change of use and extension of school dormitory (C2) to form 6 no. dwellings (C3), incorporating the following listed building works; demolition and removal of conservatory, fire escape stairs and storage sheds; erection of single storey extension to accommodation block and erection of cross wing extension to north east wing; erection of lattice porch to south west elevation. Realignment of boundary wall adjacent the access; formation of amenity, parking areas and associated landscaping (Section 73 application - Removal of conditions 7 and 8 from Planning permission 17/02800/1 granted 09/05/2018).

  Refused Amendments Extension Demolition 9 docs
  Several homes

• 5 Dower House Hitchin Road Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7TZ

  24/01471/DOC Submitted 4 Jul 2024 100 yards away

  Details reserved by Condition 3 (Brickwork sample) of Listed Building Consent application reference 24/00047/LBC granted on 17.04.2024

  Granted Conditions 6 docs

• 1 Dower House Hitchin Road Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7TZ

  21/01405/TCA Submitted 30 Apr 2021 100 yards away

  T1 Yew - Crown reduce height and spread by upto 1m. T2 Laburnam - Fell to ground level. T3, T4, T5 Yew - Fell to ground level. T6, T7, T8 Scots Pine - Remove major deadwood in crown by 25mm. T9, T10 Yew - Remove major deadwood in crown by 25mm

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Spindle Cottage Hitchin Road Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7TZ

  21/01522/TCA Submitted 12 May 2021 300 yards away

  Silver Birch - Remove. Yew - Reduce by 50%

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• Spindle Cottage Hitchin Road Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7TZ

  26/00941/LBC Submitted 27 Apr 2026 300 yards away

  Install commemorative plaque to front elevation

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 26 docs

• 2 Chequers Cottages Chequers Lane Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7TY

  26/01169/LBC Submitted 3 Jul 2026 400 yards away

  Installation of EV charger to front elevation.

  Decided Heritage and listed buildings

• 26/02025/DOC Refused

  Coker Cottage Ashwell Road Newnham Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5JX

  Details Reserved by Condition 10: (Landscaping scheme) of planning permission 23/01807/FP granted 17.11.2023

  Received 12 Aug, published by the council 21 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 26/01435/DOC Granted

  Holborn Farm Dane End Therfield Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9RH

  Details reserved by Condition 10 (Land Contamination) of planning permission reference 25/01539/FP granted on 10.11.2025.

  Received 17 Jun, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Conditions
• 26/01881/DOC Decided

  Highwood Hitchwood Lane Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RY

  Details reserved by Condition 8 (Phase 2 Geo-Environmental Assessment) of planning permission reference 24/02882/FP granted on 23.07.2025.

  Received 28 Jul, published by the council 11 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 26/01822/DOC Granted

  Ickleford Mill Arlesey Road Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3UN

  Details reserved by Condition 39 (lighting, hedgehog boundaries and bat boxes) of planning permission 17/01955/1 granted 11/03/2024

  Received 21 Jul, published by the council 9 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 26/00976/DOC Decided

  Ickleford Mill Arlesey Road Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3UN

  Details reserved by Condition 38 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) of planning permission 17/01955/1 granted on 11.03.2024.

  Received 14 Apr, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Conditions