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16 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AL

26/00234/ENQAAdvanced General EnquiryApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 March 2026

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

16 North Road is a specimen of the 1914 vintage and one of two remaining substantial properties on North Road set in a 1/3rd acre site site the Lister Hospital. The demise comprises a three story residential house of some 5,000sq/ft and two story offices of 2,000sq/ft. We are contemplating a conversion to a nursery and wish to have advice from SBC as to the acceptability. The property has a 'U' shape drive that offers good traffic management - with an 'in' and 'out' onto North Road, there is also parking for eight cars. The configuration of the property offers ideal accommodation for adaptation to a nursery covering all ages and abilities. We are interested to know if this use is acceptable within current SBC plans and policies. Also, if a planning application would likely be recommended for approval or rejection?

Received
12 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 8 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at 16 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AL. Stevenage has handled 301 applications of this type. This one was decided in 8 days, 6 weeks quicker than Stevenage's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 4AL
Application type
Advanced General Enquiry
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2026
Target decision date
22 March 2026
Permission expires
20 March 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
10 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Stevenage
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 71Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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