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23 The Glebe Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0DL

25/00832/FPApp. for Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 11 March 2026

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use to Children's Day Nursery (Use Class E) with external canopy to rear and replacement gate.

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Chells
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 112 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 23 The Glebe Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0DL. Stevenage has handled 865 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 9 weeks longer than Stevenage's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Chells. 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 0DL
Application type
App. for Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
To Follow

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2025
Consultation expiry
16 March 2026
Consultation start
23 February 2026
Consultation end
16 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
24 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
15 December 2025
Last date for comments
16 March 2026
Target decision date
20 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Linda Sparrow
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14493765
Documents
8
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Stevenage
  • Brownfield land register: The Glebe Neighbourhood CentreRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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