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2 Morley Cottages Chells Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 7AA

25/00224/FPHHouseholder ApplicationsApproved
Householder

Approved on 15 August 2025

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Retention of outbuilding

Received
26 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Manor
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated5 Jun
  3. Consult.27 Jun
  4. Target31 Jul
  5. Decided15 Aug

Decided in 71 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 2 Morley Cottages Chells Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 7AA. Stevenage has handled 865 applications of this type. This one was decided in 142 days, 13 weeks longer than Stevenage's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Manor. We hold 1,262 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 7AA
Application type
Householder Applications
Scale / size
Small
Parish
To Follow

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 June 2025
Consultation expiry
14 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
6 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
27 June 2025
Last date for comments
14 August 2025
Target decision date
31 July 2025
Permission expires
15 August 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Ailsa Davis
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 July 2025
Advertisement expiry
14 August 2025
Site notice start
11 June 2025
Site notice end
2 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13889174
Documents
13
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Morley CottagesOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: Stevenage
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 69Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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