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The Forum Centre The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES

26/00431/CLEUCert. of Lawful EXISTING useApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 26 June 2026

Council decision: Certificate of Lawfulness ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) to certify that the development completed on site has been done so lawfully pursuant to the provisions of Planning Permission Ref: 22/00923/FPM.

Received
4 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bedwell
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Jul
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 22 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Forum Centre The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES. Stevenage has handled 78 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 4 weeks quicker than Stevenage's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Bedwell. We hold 991 applications in total for the SG1 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
SG1 1ES
Application type
Cert. of Lawful EXISTING use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
To Follow

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2026
Target decision date
30 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Montagu Evans LLP 70 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BE

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Ailsa Davis
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14978889
Comments
0
Documents
7
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.

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    19 Jun

    Non material amendment to planning permission 22/00923/FPM

    ApprovedNon-material amendment24/00429/NMA

Source: Stevenage

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