South Car Park Primett Road Stevenage Herts
Approved on 11 August 2026
Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionPlanning committee11 conditions
Proposal
Change of use of public car park to a rental vehicle premises (Sui Generis), the erection of modular rental vehicle office and rental vehicle wash bay and associated works (including lighting and resurfacing).
- Received
- 23 December 2025
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 70
- Council
- Stevenage Borough Council
- Ward
- Old Town
- ReceivedReceived23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated29 Jan
- Consult.Consultation30 Jun
- TargetTarget Date14 Aug
- DecidedDecided11 Aug
Decided in 194 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at South Car Park Primett Road Stevenage Herts. Stevenage has handled 865 applications of this type. This one was decided in 231 days, 26 weeks longer than Stevenage's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Old Town.
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
- Large
- Parish
- To Follow
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 17 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 24 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 30 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 17 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 14 August 2026
- Committee meeting
- 12 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Planning Prospects Ltd 4 Mill Pool Nash Lane Belbroughton Worcestershire DY9 9AF
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mr Thomas Frankland-Wells
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 1 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 22 January 2026
- Site notice start
- 7 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 28 January 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14022292
- Documents
- 120
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
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.
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© 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.
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