30 Lower Road Breachwood Green Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8NS Data via plota.co.uk

26/00511/FPH - Full Permission Householder Approved

Proposal

First floor front extension and alterations to fenestration. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Mar 2026
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Approved
5 May 2026

Approved on 5 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 7

National infrastructure project about 555 m away: London Luton Airport Expansion
The site is about 555 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Hillside Farmhouse, Grade II, about 40 m from the postcode pin · 4 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.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Breachwood Green built-up area; Green belt about 18 m away: London; 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 · 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.

Sales history 6

Last sold for £395,000 in June 2021. Semi-detached house, freehold.

25 June 2021£395,000
15 July 2010£275,000
29 July 2005£240,000
28 September 2001£197,500
4 June 1999£137,000
19 July 1996£89,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Full Permission Householder
Postcode
SG4 8NS
Received
6 Mar 2026
Validated
6 Mar 2026
Ward
Hitchwood Ward
Parish
Kings Walden Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
7 May 2026
Decision
Conditional Permission
Decision date
5 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 60 days from validation, 11 days slower 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 →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14732263
Planning Portal ref
PP-14732263
Comments by
30 Apr 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.