5 Forest Row Stevenage Herts SG2 8BY

26/00079/CLEUCert. of Lawful EXISTING useApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 11 February 2026

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) for conversion of dwelling to a House of Multiple Occupation

Received: 13 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Stevenage Borough Council
Ward: Roebuck

ReceivedReceived13 Jan
ValidatedValidated13 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date10 Mar
DecidedDecided11 Feb

Decided in 29 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 5 Forest Row Stevenage Herts SG2 8BY. Stevenage has handled 78 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 3 weeks quicker than Stevenage's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Roebuck. We hold 1,262 applications in total for the SG2 postcode area.

100% of amendment 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 8BY
Application type: Cert. of Lawful EXISTING use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: To Follow

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 January 2026
Target decision date: 10 March 2026
Permission expires: 11 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent address: AJM Planning 49 London Road Markyate AL3 8JP

Planning decision

Case officer: Linda Sparrow
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14610045
Comments: 0
Documents: 5
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.

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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.

Source: Stevenage

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