Altering your Property

This Design Guidance publication provides detailed advice to owners and their professional advisers. North Hertfordshire District Council has contributed to the Design Guidance and adopted it as Supplementary Planning Guidance to the Local Plan.

Application Form for Residential Landlord's Consent and Heritage Grants.

Accompanying the Letchworth Garden City Design Guide, this document provides additional advice and guidance on working from home.

Details of the Heritage Foundation's guidance on trees and hedges.

Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation awards Grants to preserve the character and style of Garden City properties by encouraging homeowners to use superior materials and designs that match the originals. This document summarises the grants available and the application process.

This document outlines design criteria for windows and doors. All replacement windows and doors should reflect and replicate the original design, style or age of the property.

Details of a Windows Moratorium operated in 2006.

Prestige and Prizes for Letchworth Garden City Properties.

Full information and application form for the Garden City Heritage Awards 2009.

Qualifying works must have been completed between 1 July 2007 and December 2008.

The ‘Scheme of Management’ applies to all freehold premises within the Letchworth Garden City estate. The document gives obligations (or covenants) on freehold property owners, covering a number of areas including restrictions on the cutting of trees and hedges to running a business from home.

Information regarding the Advising Management Committee. The Committee comprises four local people and its purpose is to review such decisions made by the Heritage Foundation’s Board of Management under the Scheme of Management and Leasehold covenants for residential properties.

Application Form for Commercial Landlord's Consent.

Request for Tree Inspection form.