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.
7,509 approved · 669 refused · 422 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 10 Jul 201213 The Grange Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 11 Jul 201232 Shephall Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8DH
Received 11 Jul 201230 Middlesborough Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4TJ
Received 10 Jul 201217 Cuttys Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 1UP
Received 11 Jul 20127th Floor, Southgate House Southgate Stevenage Herts SG1 1HG
Received 13 Jul 2012Gunnels Wood Park Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts
Received 12 Jul 2012197 Shephall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9RE
Received 12 Jul 201227 Dunn Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1SB
Received 16 Jul 201277 Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RY
Received 16 Jul 2012Chequers House, Rear Of 162 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3LL
Received 13 Jul 20121 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts SG2 7DR
Received 17 Jul 2012Mercedes-Benz Stevenage Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BT
Received 18 Jul 201230 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 17 Jul 2012136 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2JL
Received 19 Jul 2012Twin Foxes 54 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SJ
Received 19 Jul 2012North Hertfordshire College Stevenage Centre Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 19 Jul 2012North Hertfordshire College Units 1-5 Fulton Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2AF
Received 20 Jul 2012Next UNIT 5A The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 23 Jul 201241 The Lawns Stevenage Herts SG2 9RT
Received 23 Jul 2012Bedwell Pizza And Kebab 125 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NA
Received 23 Jul 201222 - 24 Park Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DP
Received 23 Jul 2012Land Off Hertford Road Stevenage Herts
Received 23 Jul 201234 Marlborough Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HN
Received 24 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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