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437 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5BB

25/00367/FPHHouseholder ApplicationsApproved
Householder

Approved on 23 July 2025

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Singe storey front and rear extension

Received
3 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Martins Wood
  1. Received3 May
  2. Validated30 May
  3. Consult.20 Jun
  4. Target25 Jul
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 437 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5BB. Stevenage has handled 865 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 5 weeks longer than Stevenage's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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).

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Application details

Postcode
SG1 5BB
Application type
Householder Applications
Scale / size
Small
Parish
To Follow

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 May 2025
Consultation expiry
20 June 2025
Consultation start
30 May 2025
Consultation end
20 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
30 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end
20 June 2025
Last date for comments
20 June 2025
Target decision date
25 July 2025
Permission expires
23 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
PHD Associates Braemar House Water Lane Stansted CM24 8BJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Linda Sparrow
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13991934
Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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

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