Gidley Cottage Little Almshoe Lane St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7NP Data via plota.co.uk

26/01078/FPH - Full Permission Householder Approved

Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Single storey front garden room extension. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

11 May 2026

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Approved

25 Jun 2026

Approved on 25 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 2

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: North Hertfordshire
Application type: Full Permission Householder
Postcode: SG4 7NP
Received: 11 May 2026
Validated: 11 May 2026
Ward: Graveley, St Ippolyts And Wymondley Ward
Parish: St Ippolytts Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Decision: Conditional Permission
Decision date: 25 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 45 days from validation, 4 days faster than North Hertfordshire's median of 49 for extensions. Approved, as 92% of extensions here are.

This one45d

Council49d

UK55d

79%decided within 8 weeks

92%approved

555decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by North Hertfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. North Hertfordshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 5 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

1 previous application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

Two storey front extension, single storey rear extension and insertion of two velux windo…

19/00459/FPH 15 Apr 2019

North Hertfordshire

Planning Authority Score

#66 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

North Hertfordshire ranks #128 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

North Hertfordshire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

93%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #62 of 296

95%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #87 of 296

69%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #128 of 296

32%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #65 of 296

82%

Minor dwellings approved

112 decided (1-9 homes)

84%

Major dwellings approved

19 decided (10+ homes)

90%

Change of use approved

21 decided

1,102

Total decisions

82 refused in the year to March 2026