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.
7,500 approved · 668 refused · 421 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Aroma 13 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 20 Jun 201237 Barclay Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 3NB
Received 20 Jun 2012144 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2JL
Received 20 Jun 20121 The Dell Stevenage Herts SG1 1PH
Received 20 Jun 2012108 Marymead Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AG
Received 20 Jun 2012211 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 21 Jun 201211A Market Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DH
Received 25 Jun 2012Kentucky Fried Chicken 17 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 25 Jun 201222 Aldock Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3SJ
Received 26 Jun 201239 Jackdaw Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9DA
Received 26 Jun 201292 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PT
Received 28 Jun 201221 Jupiter Gate Stevenage Herts
Received 28 Jun 201240 Hopton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LD
Received 29 Jun 2012120 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RB
Received 2 Jul 201267 Lingfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5SQ
Received 4 Jul 201226 Market Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DB
Received 4 Jul 201291 Drakes Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 0HA
Received 4 Jul 2012Red Lion 80 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 4 Jul 2012Red Lion 80 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 4 Jul 201230 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 6 Jul 201230 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 6 Jul 20129 Olde Swann Court Stevenage Herts SG1 3WB
Received 10 Jul 201299 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8SE
Received 9 Jul 2012Aroma 13 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 10 Jul 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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