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Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

Granted North Hertfordshire 25/02794/RM Reserved Matters

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Reserved Matters for - Construction of Phase 1 Residential comprising 236 dwellings, associated road, drainage, servicing/utilities infrastructure, landscaping and open space provision in accordance with condition 3, 7, 10 and 11 of 18/01154/OP (and the partial discharge of associated condition 19). The outline application was EIA development and an ES was provided. An EIA update note is provided with this Reserved Matters application.

As published by the council, reference 25/02794/RM

Application record

Reference
25/02794/RM
Type
Reserved Matters
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Conditional Approval of Details
Received
7 Nov 2025
Validated
7 Nov 2025
Decided
6 May 2026
Ward
Hitchin Walsworth Ward
Parish
Hitchin
Decision by
Planning Control Committee
Postcode
SG4 0RQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the North Hertfordshire register

This site has had 22 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/02469/DOC Awaiting decision

    Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

    Details reserved by condition 6 (Ecological Enhancement Features) of planning permission reference 25/01420/FP granted 07.08.2026.

    Submitted 17 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 26/02471/DOC Awaiting decision

    Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

    Details reserved by condition 7 (Landscape and Ecology Management Plan) of planning permission reference 25/01420/FP granted 07.08.2026.

    Submitted 17 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 26/02479/DOC Awaiting decision

    Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

    Details reserved by condition 14 (Facing Brickwork) of planning permission reference 25/01420/FP granted 07.08.2026.

    Submitted 17 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 26/02473/DOC Awaiting decision

    Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

    Details reserved by condition 8 (Boundary Treatment Plan) of planning permission reference 25/01420/FP granted 07.08.2026.

    Submitted 17 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 26/02345/DOC Awaiting decision

    Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

    Details reserved by condition 3 (landscaping) of planning permission reference 25/01420/FP granted 07.08.2026.

    Submitted 17 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 26/02483/DOC Awaiting decision

    Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

    Details reserved by condition 23 (Stage 1 Road Safety Audit) of planning permission reference 25/01420/FP granted 07.08.2026.

    Submitted 17 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 26/02478/DOC Awaiting decision

    Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

    Details reserved by condition 10 (Natural Slate) of planning permission reference 25/01420/FP granted 07.08.2026.

    Submitted 17 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 26/02486/DOC Awaiting decision

    Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

    Details reserved by condition 31 (Construction Method Statement) of planning permission reference 25/01420/FP granted 07.08.2026.

    Submitted 17 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 26/02481/DOC Awaiting decision

    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.

    Submitted 17 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 26/02482/DOC Awaiting decision

    Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

    Details reserved by condition 22 (Pedestrian Audit) of planning permission reference 25/01420/FP granted 07.08.2026.

    Submitted 17 Sep 2026 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 Nov 2025

    Received by North Hertfordshire

  2. 6 May 2026

    Decision issued: Conditional Approval of Details

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

2 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • 26/02255/NMA Awaiting decision

    Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

    Revisions to approved plans relating to (i) northern loop road raised table location, (ii) revised details for sub-station, (iii) minor alteration to location of pumping station and associated landscaping (as Non-Material Amendment of planing permission 25/02794/RM granted 06.05.2026)

    Submitted 8 Sep 2026 Amendments
  • 26/02026/DOC Decided

    Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

    Details Reserved by Condition 2: (Materials) of Reserved Matters 25/02794/RM granted on 6.5.2026

    Decided 8 Oct 2026 Conditions
  • Application: 18/01154/OP (Decided)

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Smith Applicant, registered in Liphook

Active · incorporated 1994 · Liphook

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Documents

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

393 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

North Hertfordshire granted permission on 6 May 2026, 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.

About reserved matters applications

A reserved matters application fills in the detail held back from an earlier outline permission, judged against that permission rather than the principle of development. More in our guide to planning application types.

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