Planning application
7 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
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.
As published by the council, reference 26/00098/OP
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00098/OP
- Type
- App. for Outline Planning Permission
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 20 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 9 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Old Town
- Parish
- To Follow
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
- Postcode
- SG1 1ES
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Jan 2026
Received by Stevenage
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9 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 4 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Stevenage took a median of 51 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
76 documents on file for this application
- CONSULTEE RESPONSE FROM ENV HEALTH
- POLICE CRIME PREVENTION OFFICER
- OVERVIEW LOCATION 1 CUBE A
- OVERVIEW LOCATION 2 FUSION A
- OVERVIEW LOCATION 3 FUSION B
- OVERVIEW LOCATION 4 CUBE B
- EMAIL RESPONSE TO ENV HEALTH CONSULTEE COMMENTS
- CONSULTEE COMMENT FROM ENV HEALTH
- CONSULTEE RESPONSE FROM LEAD LOCAL FLOOD AUTHORITY
- AGENT RESPONSE TO ENV HEALTH COMMENTS
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- HERITAGE TOWNSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- CONSULTEE RESPONSE FROM HCC HIGHWAYS
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT WITH APPENDICES
- TRAVEL PLAN WITH APPENDICES
- CONSULTEE RESPONSE FROM THAMES WATER
- CONSULTEE RESPONSE FROM ENV HEALTH
- CONSULTEE COMMENT FROM HCC FIRE SAFETY TEAM
- MRS MARYBETH KINGS-8B MAGELLAN CLOSE STEVENAGE-OBJECTS(FULL)
- IAN AMBROSE -3 CORTON CLOSE STEVENAGE-OBJECTS(FULL)
- CONSULTEE COMMENTS FROM HERTS MINERALS AND WASTE POLICY TEAM
- CONSULTEE RESPONSE FROM GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE
- MS SHARON RHODES-1 CAMPION COURT STEVENAGE-OBJECTS(FULL)
- MR HENRY GOSLING-49 OLD BOURNE WAY STEVENAGE-OBJECTS(FULL)
- MR MICHAEL LUDFORD-7 WHITTINGTON LANE STEVENAGE-NEUTRAL(FULL)
- MRS KARIN POPE-20 BRIDGE ROAD STEVENAGE-OBJECTS(FULL)
- CONSULTEE COMMENT FROM SPORT ENGLAND
- MR DEAN CORNISH-4 ADSTONE LUTON-NEUTRAL(FULL)
- MR GAVIN VICARY NORTH EAST HERTFORDSHIRE SWIFT GROUP-HILLSIDE PATMORE HEATH ALBU
- MR GRAHAM KNIGHT-12 GILDERS SAWBRIDGEWORTH-NEUTRAL(FULL)
- CONSULTEE RESPONSE FROM UK POWER NETWORKS, BARTON ROAD BURY ST EDMUNDS
- FINANCIAL VIABILITY ASSESSMENT
- GATEWAY ONE FIRE STATEMENT
- SDA BS EN17037 ANALYSIS ? PROPOSED SCHEME
- DAYLIGHT AND SUNLIGHT REPORT
- DAYLIGHT SDA ASSESSMENT SECOND FLOOR
- DAYLIGHT SDA ASSESSMENT FIRST FLOOR
- DAYLIGHT SDA ASSESSMENT THIRD FLOOR
- DAYLIGHT SDA ASSESSMENT SIXTH FLOOR
- DAYLIGHT SDA ASSESSMENT FIFTH FLOOR
- DAYLIGHT SDA ASSESSMENT FOURTH FLOOR
- DAYLIGHT SDA ASSESSMENT NINETH FLOOR
- DAYLIGHT SDA ASSESSMENT SEVENTH FLOOR
- DAYLIGHT SDA ASSESSMENT EIGHTH FLOOR
- DAYLIGHT SDA ASSESSMENT FOURTEENTH FLOOR
- DAYLIGHT SDA ASSESSMENT THIRTEENTH FLOOR
- DAYLIGHT SDA ASSESSMENT ELEVENTH FLOOR
- DAYLIGHT SDA ASSESSMENT TWELFTH FLOOR
- DAYLIGHT SDA ASSESSMENT FIFTEENTH FLOOR
- DAYLIGHT SDA ASSESSMENT SIXTEENTH FLOOR
- DAYLIGHT SDA ASSESSMENT SEVENTEENTH FLOOR
- DAYLIGHT SDA ASSESSMENT EIGHTEENTH FLOOR
- FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- ROOF LEVEL PLAN
- GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- FLOOR 19 PLAN
- FLOOR 20 PLAN
- FLOOR 17 PLAN
- FLOOR 18 PLAN
- FLOORS 13 - 16 PLAN
- FLOOR 12 PLAN
- FLOOR 8 PLAN
- EXISTING PLANS
- FLOORS 2 - 7 PLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL DESK STUDY
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- APPLICATION FORM
- AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT REPORT
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL AND ROOST ASSESSMENT REPORT
- DRAFT FRAMEWORK TRAVEL PLAN
- DRAFT TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT
- CIL FORM
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