Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Stevenage Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,485 approved · 668 refused · 417 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jun 2007 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
10 Primrose Hill Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JN
Received 16 May 2012Stevenage Borough Football Club Broadhall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RH
Received 18 May 201231 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 18 May 201225 Manchester Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4TQ
Received 21 May 2012Jade Palace 23-25 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW
Received 21 May 2012Jade Palace 23-25 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW
Received 21 May 2012135 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5NN
Received 21 May 2012Flats 1-10 Cartref Redcar Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 22 May 20122 Shephall View Stevenage Herts SG1 1RL
Received 22 May 201272 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EA
Received 22 May 20121 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 23 May 201262 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BJ
Received 23 May 2012Old Smithy 1 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DR
Received 23 May 2012Old Smithy 1 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DR
Received 23 May 2012ATS Ltd 4-8 Norton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BB
Received 24 May 20127 Doncaster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RY
Received 24 May 201226 Wheatlands Stevenage Herts SG2 0JT
Received 25 May 201266 Lingfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5SL
Received 25 May 2012109 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 29 May 201221 Glenwood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QT
Received 29 May 201261 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DN
Received 29 May 201273 Whomerley Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1SS
Received 30 May 2012Corner House Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QA
Received 31 May 201237 Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PD
Received 31 May 2012Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Stevenage Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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