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South-West Corner Of Westgate And Entrance Onto Queensway And The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts

25/00719/FPApp. for Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 14 November 2025

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Retrospective planning permission for the retention of exterior paintwork and murals

Received
30 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
24
Ward
Bedwell
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target25 Nov
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at South-West Corner Of Westgate And Entrance Onto Queensway And The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts. Stevenage has handled 865 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than Stevenage's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Bedwell.

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

Application type
App. for Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
To Follow

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2025
Consultation expiry
29 October 2025
Last date for comments
29 October 2025
Target decision date
25 November 2025
Permission expires
14 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Bidwells LLP Victoria House 199 Avebury Boulevard Central Milton Keynes Milton Keynes Bucks MK91AU

Planning decision

Case officer
Linda Sparrow
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 October 2025
Site notice end
29 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14317082
Documents
52
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.

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  1. 2025
    30 Sep

    Retrospective planning permission for the retention of exterior paintwork and murals

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  2. 2025
    30 Sep

    Retrospective application for the retention of 3no. non-illuminated wall stencilled murals and 2no…

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