Hitchin Boys School Grammar School Walk Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1JB

1. 27 Apr 2026

   Received by North Hertfordshire

2. 11 Jun 2026

   Decision issued: Conditional Consent

3. 9 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.

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• 38-39 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1LA

  02/01396/1 Submitted 12 Sep 2002 155m away

  Installation of satellite dish on rear elevation

  Decided Full applications

• 30 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1LA

  26/01573/LBC Submitted 18 Jun 2026 156m away

  98% historically approved · decision due ~13 Aug

  Proposed Replacement of Timber Cladding to Dormer Cheeks with Code 6 Lead

  Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings Loft or dormer

• 3 Mews Court Rear Of 22 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1JW

  24/02415/TCA Submitted 25 Oct 2024 164m away

  T1: Oak - Crown thin by 30% and reduce away from flats by 2m and reduce away from no 3 by 2m.

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Manor Courtyard Rear Of 26 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire

  21/01574/DOC Submitted 18 May 2021 164m away

  Discharge of Condition 5 (Land contamination) as attached to Planning Application 18/02809/FP granted on 13.12.2018

  Granted Conditions 3 docs

• 32 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1LA

  24/01810/LBC Submitted 2 Sep 2024 172m away

  Replacement of existing timber weatherboarding with Cedral fibre cement weatherboarding

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 7 docs

• Suite 4A 30 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1LE

  26/02217/TCA Submitted 4 Sep 2026 180m away

  99% historically approved · decision due ~30 Oct

  T1: London Plane - Reduce by 30%.

  Awaiting decision Trees

• 26/02225/TCA Awaiting decision

  45 Stockens Green Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6DQ

  T1: Silver Birch - Reduce crown by around 30% (around 2-3m) to bring back into proportion and reduce wind and stress loading on the main stem connection.

  7 Sep 2026 Trees
• 26/02226/TCA Awaiting decision

  The Old Vicarage Willian Road Willian Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2AE

  T1: Ash, T2: Oak - Reduction of the crown by 25%.

  7 Sep 2026 Trees
• 26/02240/TCA Awaiting decision

  Gregans House 34 Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1HF

  T1 ,T2: Ash - To raise and reduce canopy and all heavy loading branches to a minimum clearance of 3m from ground level

  7 Sep 2026 Trees
• 26/02220/TPO Awaiting decision

  Benslow Music Trust Little Benslow Hills Ibberson Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RB

  T6: Horse Chestnut, T7: Fir, T8, T9: Hornbeam - Crown lift over car park to a height of 6m cutting back to the nearest suitable growth point or remove whole branch if theres is no growth point to avoid leaving stumps.

  4 Sep 2026 Trees
• 26/02222/TCA Awaiting decision

  All Saints Church Willian Church Road Willian Hertfordshire SG6 2AF

  T2: Medlar - Chop out ground suckers and remove epicormic shoots and shape. T4: Rowan - Remove deadwood. T5: Scots Pine - Deadwooding, removal of damaged crossing branches. T6: Yew - Trim and tidy bole and lower canopy. T7, T11, T12: Sycamore - Remove. T8: Box - Fell. T10: Sycamore - Raise crown a little to ease access to memorial stones. T13: Thorn - Tidy and shape. T14: Holly. Remove dead wood, clean up stems and lower canopy

  4 Sep 2026 Trees