Agenda

Planning Control Committee - Thursday, 23rd July, 2026 7.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber - District Council Offices, Gernon Road, Letchworth, SG6 3JF. View directions

Contact: Email: Committee.Services@north-herts.gov.uk 01462 474655

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Items
No.	Item
1.	APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Members are required to notify any substitutions by midday on the day of the meeting. Late substitutions will not be accepted and Members attending as a substitute without having given the due notice will not be able to take part in the meeting.
2.	MINUTES - 18 JUNE 2026 PDF 164 KB To take as read and approve as a true record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on the 18 June 2026.
3.	NOTIFICATION OF OTHER BUSINESS Members should notify the Chair of other business which they wish to be discussed at the end of either Part I or Part II business set out in the agenda. They must state the circumstances which they consider justify the business being considered as a matter of urgency. The Chair will decide whether any item(s) raised will be considered.
4.	CHAIR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS Members are reminded that any declarations of interest in respect of any business set out in the agenda, should be declared as either a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest or Declarable Interest and are required to notify the Chair of the nature of any interest declared at the commencement of the relevant item on the agenda. Members declaring a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest must withdraw from the meeting for the duration of the item. Members declaring a Declarable Interest, wishing to exercise a ‘Councillor Speaking Right’, must declare this at the same time as the interest, move to the public area before speaking to the item and then must leave the room before the debate and vote.
5.	PUBLIC PARTICIPATION To receive petitions, comments and questions from the public.
6.	26/00587/S73 Ickleford Mill, Arlesey Road, Ickleford, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 3UN PDF 477 KB View the background to item 6. REPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION MANAGER Variation of conditions 4, 10,11,14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 31 32, 35 and 37 of outline planning permission 17/01955/1 granted 11.03.2024 for up to 71 dwellings and associated access, car parking, garages, landscaping and open space including demolition and removal of all existing structures, buildings and hardstanding (all matters reserved except means of access). Additional documents: Plan , item 6. PDF 302 KB 26/00587/S73 Officer Report Addendum , item 6. PDF 177 KB
7.	26/00631/RM Ickleford Mill, Arlesey Road, Ickleford, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 3UN PDF 412 KB View the background to item 7. REPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION MANAGER Reserved matters application for appearance, landscaping, layout and scale in relation to erection of 55 dwellings and associated access, car parking, garages, landscaping and open space pursuant to Outline Planning Permission 17/01955/1 (as varied by associated Section 73 Planning Application)(as amended by plans received June 2026). Additional documents: Plan , item 7. PDF 3 MB 26/00631/RM Addendum Officer Report , item 7. PDF 169 KB
8.	Appeals PDF 11 KB View the background to item 8. To update members on appeals lodged and any decisions made. Additional documents: Appeal Decisions , item 8. PDF 66 KB 25/02316/FPH and 25/02318/LBC 1&2 Hitchwood Cottages , item 8. PDF 896 KB 21/00765/FP Land off Barkway Rd and North of Flint Fall, Royston , item 8. PDF 12 MB 21/00765/FP Land off Barkway Rd and North of Flint Hall, COSTS Decision , item 8. PDF 899 KB