Skip to content

Land Adjacent To 175 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PY

24/00893/FPApp. for Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 7 February 2025

Council decision: Refusal of Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Erection of pair of semi-detached 2 bedroom dwellings

Received
19 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Martins Wood
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.15 Jan
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 46 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Adjacent To 175 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PY. Stevenage has handled 865 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Martins Wood. We hold 991 applications in total for the SG1 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
SG1 5PY
Application type
App. for Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
To Follow

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2024
Consultation expiry
31 January 2025
Consultation start
20 December 2024
Consultation end
15 January 2025
Neighbour consultation start
20 December 2024
Neighbour consultation end
15 January 2025
Last date for comments
31 January 2025
Target decision date
17 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Inigo Architecture Ltd The Firs 81 Station Road Lower Stondon SG16 6JN

Planning decision

Case officer
Linda Sparrow
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 January 2025
Site notice end
31 January 2025

Appeal history

3362953
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 3 September 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13647922
Documents
21
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Stevenage

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near SG1

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for new homes on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.