Gosmore House Cottage Hitchin Road Gosmore Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7QH Data via plota.co.uk

26/01102/FPH - Full Permission Householder Approved

Proposal

Erection of single storey detached garden outbuilding Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 May 2026
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Approved
13 Jul 2026

Approved on 13 Jul 2026 · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Gosmore conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Gosmore House, Grade II, about 39 m from the postcode pin · 8 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 8 with distances
Historic England ↗
National infrastructure project about 1047 m away: London Luton Airport Expansion
The site is about 1047 m from the project boundary. Airport, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Gosmore built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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

Application type
Full Permission Householder
Postcode
SG4 7QH
Received
29 May 2026
Validated
29 May 2026
Ward
Graveley, St Ippolyts And Wymondley Ward
Parish
St Ippolytts Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Jul 2026
Decision
Conditional Permission
Decision date
13 Jul 2026
Applicant
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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.

79%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
601decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 30 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
4 Jul 2026
North Hertfordshire
Planning Authority Score
6.9/10
Good
#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