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

   Decision expected by 16 October 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   North Hertfordshire took a median of 49 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

• Application: 25/00812/FPH (Decided)

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 62 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

• 26/01994/DOC Decided

  Land East Of 2 Scarp Close Ashwell Street Ashwell Hertfordshire SG7 5FP

  Details reserved by Condition 3 (Archaeological WSI) of planning permission reference 26/00676/FP granted on 04.06.2026.

  Received 10 Aug, published by the council 21 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 26/02481/DOC Decided

  Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

  Details reserved by condition 20 (Rainwater Goods) of planning permission reference 25/01420/FP granted 07.08.2026.

  Received 17 Sep, published by the council 1 Oct 2026 Conditions
• 26/02873/DOC Awaiting decision

  16 Melbourn Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7BZ

  Details reserved by condition 3 of Consent For Tree Works 26/00610/TPO granted 10.04.2026

  5 Nov 2026 Conditions
• 26/02495/DOC Decided

  Manor Farm Church Lane Graveley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BN

  Details Reserved by Condition 5: (Timber window and joinery detail) of Listed Building Consent 24/02342/LBC granted 7.5.2025

  Received 18 Sep, published by the council 5 Nov 2026 Conditions
• 26/02355/DOC Decided

  Manor Farm Church Lane Graveley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BN

  Details Reserved by Condition 4: (Timber window and joinery detail) of Listed Building Consent 24/02342/LBC granted 7.5.2025

  Received 18 Sep, published by the council 5 Nov 2026 Conditions