Land North Of Highover Farm To Stotfold Road Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire Data via plota.co.uk

Decided 25/02556/NMA

Council

Date received

6 Oct 2025

Date validated

6 Oct 2025

Description

Revision to the wording of Condition 21 of the outline planning permission (as non-material amendment to outline planning permission reference granted on 29.11.2024). Data via plota.co.uk

Get alerts nearby Council site ↗

Last checked 10 Oct 2026, 09:33

Site constraints 1

Agricultural land, grade 2

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 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 10 October 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in North Hertfordshire - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Nearby new applications

13 Oct 2026Pending

6 Collison Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RE

Single storey rear extension and first floor side extension over existing garage...

26/02381/FPH

12 Oct 2026Pending

26 Harkness Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0QL

Insertion of rear dormer window and alterations to rear and side fenestration

26/02407/FPH

21 Sept 2026Pending

Land North Of Highover Farm To Stotfold Road Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire

Discharge Planning Obligation in relation to S106 associated with planning appli...

26/02553/S106

18 Sept 2026Pending

Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

Construction of Phase 2b: Icknield Linear Park East/Dane Walk comprising open sp...

26/02363/RM

17 Sept 2026Pending

Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

Details reserved by condition 3 (landscaping) of planning permission reference 2...

26/02345/DOC

17 Sept 2026Pending

Highover Farm Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ

Details reserved by condition 4 (Arboricultural Method Statement) of planning pe...

26/02467/DOC

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