7 Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of first, second and third floors from residential (Use Class C3) to commercial (Use Class E). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 29 Jan 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 4 Oct 2026
Site constraints 5
Checked on 6 October 2026. 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 1
Last sold for £190,000 in October 1997. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- North Hertfordshire
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Postcode
- SG4 9RW
- Received
- 2 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 2 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Hitchin Highbury Ward
- Parish
- Hitchin
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 6 Feb 2026
- Decision
- Conditional Permission
- Decision date
- 29 Jan 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Appeal
- Dismissed · 23 Sept 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6008804 ↗
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 58 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by North Hertfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. North Hertfordshire decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 4 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14473022
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14473022
- Comments by
- 3 Jan 2026
Historical activity at this location
29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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