Hobbs Court Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LW
Proposal
Prior Approval for the demolition of Hobbs Court comprising 41 no. sheltered accommodation units, outbuildings, and single storey bungalows.
- Received
- 13 December 2023
- Decided
- 8 January 2024 · Prior Approval Required and Given
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Stevenage Borough Council
- Ward
- Martins Wood
- ReceivedReceived13 Dec
- ValidatedValidated13 Dec
- Consult.Consultation9 Jan
- TargetTarget Date9 Jan
- DecidedDecided8 Jan
Decided in 26 days (council typically 49)
This is an outline application for demolition at Hobbs Court Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LW. Stevenage has handled 301 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 40 days. This one was decided in 26 days, 2 weeks quicker than Stevenage's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Martins Wood. We hold 978 applications in total for the SG1 postcode area.
Application Details
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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