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Former BHS Store 7 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES

Granted Stevenage 19/00647/FPM App. for Major Full Plans

Works: New dwelling Demolition Major scheme

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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Partial demolition and redevelopment of existing former BHS store to create 11 storey building comprising of 1no ground floor commercial unit, 129no. 1 bed, 120no. 2 bed and 1no. studio apartments with associated infrastructure including amenity space, car parking, bicycle storage, refuse storage and plant rooms.

As published by the council, reference 19/00647/FPM

Application record

Reference
19/00647/FPM
Type
App. for Major Full Plans
Status
Decided
Decision
Grant Planning Permission
Received
1 Nov 2019
Validated
12 Nov 2019
Decided
11 Aug 2021
Ward
Bedwell
Decision by
Committee Decision
Postcode
SG1 1ES

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 Nov 2019

    Received by Stevenage

  2. 12 Nov 2019

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 11 Aug 2021

    Decision issued: Grant Planning Permission

  4. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

55 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Stevenage granted permission on 11 August 2021, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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