7 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Proposal
Demolition and redevelopment of existing former BHS building to create 21 storey building comprising of ground floor commercial space and 322 residential dwellings with associated infrastructure including amenity space, car parking, bicycle storage, refuse storage and plant rooms.
- Received
- 20 January 2026
- Decision due
- 8 June 2026
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 10 · last counted 15 October 2026
- Council
- Stevenage Borough Council
- Ward
- Old Town
- ReceivedReceived20 Jan
- ValidatedValidated9 Mar
- Consult.Consultation2 Apr
- TargetTarget Date8 Jun
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at 7 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES. Stevenage has handled 301 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Old Town. We hold 991 applications in total for the SG1 postcode area.
85% of outline 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 1ES
- Application type
- App. for Outline Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 322
- Parish
- To Follow
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 9 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 12 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 2 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 12 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 12 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Urbana Town Planning 2 West Street Sheffield S1 2GQ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Rebecca Elliott
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 19 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14580993
- Documents
- 77
- 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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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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Stevenage
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