Agenda

Planning Control Committee - Thursday, 22nd January, 2026 7.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, District Council Offices, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3JF

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

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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 - 11 DECEMBER, 18 DECEMBER 2025 PDF 205 KB To take as read and approve as a true record the minutes of the meetings of the Committee held on the 11 December and 18 December 2025. Additional documents: Minutes Public Pack, 18/12/2025 Planning Control Committee , item 2. PDF 190 KB
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.	25/02115/FP KIRKBY MANOR FARM, NORTHFIELD ROAD, ASHWELL, BALDOCK, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG7 5JQ PDF 238 KB View the background to item 6. REPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION MANAGER Conversion of 3 existing agricultural buildings to provide 8 residential units, including gardens and formation of vehicular access Additional documents: Plan , item 6. PDF 96 KB
7.	PLANNING APPEALS PDF 62 KB View the background to item 7. REPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION MANAGER To update Members on appeals lodged and any decisions made. Additional documents: 25/01438/FP The Old School House, Royston , item 7. PDF 954 KB
8.	INFORMATION NOTE: PLANNING ENFORCEMENT ANNUAL REPORT 2025 - PART 1 PDF 237 KB INFORMATION NOTE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION MANAGER To provide Members with an update of planning enforcement activity in 2025.
9.	EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC To consider passing the following resolution: That under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, the Press and Public be excluded from the meeting on the grounds that the following report will involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the said Act (as amended).
10.	INFORMATION NOTE: PLANNING ENFORCEMENT ANNUAL REPORT 2025 - PART 2 View the reasons why item 10. is restricted INFORMATION NOTE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION MANAGER To provide Members with an update of planning enforcement activity in 2025.