Maxwell Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of Class E discount food store with associated car parking, landscaping, engineering and drainage works. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 2 Jul 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 10 Nov 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Stevenage Planning and Development Committee on 2 Dec 2025.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the economic and employment benefits outweighed heritage, employment-land, design and town-centre impacts.
- Residents and cycling representatives raised concerns about the farmhouse, noise, lighting, traffic, deliveries and cycle access.
- Members voted to grant permission, subject to conditions and a section 106 agreement, with an additional cycle-route condition.
Source: Plota analysis of Stevenage's committee minutes of 2 Dec 2025.
Documents 47
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 15
Plans & drawings 10
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 2
Other documents 16
Associated applications 12
Site constraints 4
Checked on 9 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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Important details
- Council
- Stevenage
- Application type
- App. for Major Full Plans
- Postcode
- SG1 2EW
- Received
- 22 May 2025
- Validated
- 23 May 2025
- Ward
- Symonds Green
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 2 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Grant Planning Permission
- Decision date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Katie Russell-Smith
How this decision compares
Decided in 405 days from validation, 351 days slower than Stevenage's median of 54 for full applications. Approved, as 92% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Stevenage in the last twelve months, from validation. Stevenage decision record →
Public comments
47% object · below the UK average of 74%
21 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Nov 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-13853476
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-13853476
- Neighbours
- 13 Apr 2026
- Consultation
- 13 Apr 2026
- Comments by
- 5 May 2026
- Site or press notice
- 28 May 2025
- Committee
- 2 Dec 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 22 Aug 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
12 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Stevenage is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #36 out of 296. Only 16% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).
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