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15 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HD

25/00781/FPHHouseholder ApplicationsApproved
Householder

Approved on 16 January 2026

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of two storey side extension, single storey rear extension, bay windows and canopy to front.

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Old Town
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 81 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 15 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HD. Stevenage has handled 865 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 5 weeks longer than Stevenage's typical decision time. The site is in the Orchard Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Old Town. We hold 993 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 3HD
Application type
Householder Applications
Scale / size
Small
Parish
To Follow

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2025
Consultation expiry
3 December 2025
Consultation start
28 October 2025
Consultation end
18 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
28 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
18 November 2025
Last date for comments
3 December 2025
Target decision date
22 December 2025
Permission expires
16 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Barker Parry Town Planning Ltd 33 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1LA

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Ailsa Davis
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 November 2025
Advertisement expiry
27 November 2025
Site notice start
12 November 2025
Site notice end
3 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14411754
Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Orchard Road Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Stevenage
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 126Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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