Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

1. 12 Aug 2026

   Received by North Hertfordshire

2. 21 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 7 October 2026, 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 51 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with North Hertfordshire for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.

The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.

This type of application deals with conditions attached to an existing permission, either by supplying the details a condition requires, called discharging it, or by asking to vary or remove one. It does not reopen the principle of the permission itself. Building often cannot lawfully start, or continue past a set stage, until the named conditions are discharged.

More on conditions applications in our guide

• Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

  26/01846/NMA Submitted 23 Jul 2026 0m away

  90% historically approved · decision due ~17 Sep

  Revision to the wording of condition 2 and condition 3 (as Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 24/02780/RM granted 27.10.2025)

  Awaiting decision Amendments

• Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

  25/01420/FP Submitted 24 Jun 2025 81m away

  Change of use and external alterations to former agricultural buildings comprising grade II listed threshing barn and non-listed courtyard buildings. Partial demolition of courtyard building between proposed Units 1 and 2 to facilitate access. Single-storey rear extension to facilitate Unit 10. Subdivision and two-storey rear extension to farmhouse to form Units 11 and 12. Erection of new building for two dwellings (Units 13 and 14). Partial demolition and modify building for cycle storage to Units 2 to 8 inclusive. Erection of building to accommodate 2 car port spaces for Unit 5 and refuse storage for Units 2-8 inclusive. Detached bin enclosure / cycle store buildings for Units 9 - 14 inclusive. Hard and soft landscaping in association with the provision of private and communal space. Boundary treatment, installation of 14no. EV charging points, installation of solar PV array on south facing roof slopes of Unit 14 and both the cycle and refuse storage buildings serving Units 2 -8 including provision of BNG area.

  Decided Full applications Extension Demolition 68 docs
  Several homes

• Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

  25/01383/LBC Submitted 24 Jun 2025 81m away

  Internal and external alterations to threshing barn to facilitate change of use to 2no. self-contained dwellings (Unit 3 to also include adjacent unlisted, single-storey courtyard building).

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 33 docs
  Small domestic

• 60 Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RG

  21/01682/FPH Submitted 27 May 2021 114m away

  Two storey front extension

  Decided Householder Extension 9 docs
  Domestic

• 10 Grovelands Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0QT

  21/02126/LDCP Submitted 13 Jul 2021 138m away

  Replace existing detached garage door with a window, doors to side elevation and replace existing roof to facilitate conversion of garage into a hobby room and store

  Withdrawn Lawful development Windows or glazing 2 docs

• 10 Grovelands Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0QT

  21/02230/FPH Submitted 21 Jul 2021 138m away

  Replace existing garage door, insertion of windows and replace existing flat roof of existing detached garage to facilitate conversion for use as a hobby room

  Decided Householder Windows or glazing 5 docs
  Domestic

• 26/01104/S106 Decided

  Land North Of The Depot At 1A High Street Graveley Hertfordshire SG4 7LE

  Modification to S106 associated with planning application 21/02624/FP to amend the minimum income provision (MIP) clause

  27 Apr 2026 Conditions
• 26/01275/DOC Granted

  Land Off Newnham Road Newnham Road Newnham Hertfordshire

  Details reserved by Condition 7A (Written Scheme of Investigation) of planning permission reference 24/02713/FP granted on 25.06.2025.

  15 May 2026 Conditions
• 26/01956/DOC Awaiting decision

  Glebe Road Industrial Estate Glebe Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1BT

  Details reserved by Condition 11 (Lighting Design) of plannig permission reference 26/01956/DOC granted on 12.12.2025.

  19 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 26/02090/DOC Awaiting decision

  Glebe Road Industrial Estate Glebe Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1BT

  Details reserved by Condition 18 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) of plannig permission reference 25/01871/FP granted on 12.12.2025.

  19 Aug 2026 Conditions
• 26/02036/DOC Awaiting decision

  20 Whitehorse Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6QN

  Details reserved by Condition 8A (Written Scheme of Investigation - WSI) of planning application reference 22/03296/FP granted on 13.06.2025.

  13 Aug 2026 Conditions