Land Between Watercress Close, Coopers Close And Walnut Tree Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9TN
Refused on 20 December 2021
Council decision: Refusal of Planning PermissionPlanning committee
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Proposal
Erection of two detached dwelling houses including new site access from Watercress Close and 560sqm of publicly accessible open space to the south of the site.
- Received
- 1 February 2021
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 52
- Council
- Stevenage Borough Council
- Ward
- Bandley Hill And Poplars
- ReceivedReceived1 Feb
- ValidatedValidated1 Feb
- Consult.Consultation15 Nov
- TargetTarget Date29 Mar
- DecidedDecided20 Dec
Decided in 322 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land Between Watercress Close, Coopers Close And Walnut Tree Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9TN. Stevenage has handled 865 applications of this type. This one was decided in 322 days, 39 weeks longer than Stevenage's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Bandley Hill And Poplars. We hold 1,264 applications in total for the SG2 postcode area.
92% of full applications at Stevenage Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- SG2 9TN
- Application type
- App. for Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- To Follow
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 February 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 20 December 2021
- Consultation start
- 25 October 2021
- Consultation end
- 15 November 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 December 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 December 2021
- Last date for comments
- 20 December 2021
- Target decision date
- 29 March 2021
- Committee meeting
- 9 December 2021
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- 90 Longheath Gardens London CR0 7TN
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Rebecca Elliott
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 18 February 2021
- Site notice end
- 11 March 2021
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 22/00019/REFUSE
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Allowed
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-09471468
- Documents
- 172
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Stevenage
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Stevenage
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