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Tarla Restaurant 23 - 25 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW

26/00333/FPApp. for Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 18 June 2026

Council decision: Refusal of Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Retention of decking and two plant pots.

Received
27 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Old Town
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Tarla Restaurant 23 - 25 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW. Stevenage has handled 865 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Stevenage's typical decision time. The site is in the Old Town High Street conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The decking and plant pots adversely impact on pedestrian safety, hinder the free flow of pedestrian movement, and compromise the functional accessibility of the public highway contrary to Stevenage Borough Council's Local Plan (2019) and Local Plan Review (2024) policies GD1(b) and IT4(a).
  2. The decking and plant pots result in less than substantial harm to the significance of the Old Town Conservation Area, a designated heritage asset and this harm is not outweighed by any public benefits given moveable tables and chairs under a pavement licence could be used instead. It is therefore contrary to paragraph 215 of the NPPF (2024), Stevenage Borough Council's Local Plan (2019) and Local Plan Review (2024) policies SP13 and NH10.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SG1 3AW
Application type
App. for Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
To Follow

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2026
Consultation expiry
28 May 2026
Consultation start
28 April 2026
Consultation end
20 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
28 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 May 2026
Last date for comments
28 May 2026
Target decision date
22 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Ailsa Davis
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 May 2026
Advertisement expiry
28 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14887164
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Old Town High Street Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 61 and 63, High StreetOn or next to this site · +4 more
  • Article 4 direction: Stevenage
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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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