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.
7,524 approved · 670 refused · 423 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Oct 2006 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 25 Jul 201268 Gonville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9LU
Received 25 Jul 20122 Whitworth Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QS
Received 25 Jul 2012Superdrug Stores Plc 39 - 41 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DN
Received 25 Jul 2012Resolution Chemicals Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4QT
Received 27 Jul 2012Premier Inn Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DD
Received 27 Jul 2012418 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5BQ
Received 30 Jul 2012107 - 109 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 30 Jul 20121 Lintott Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3LZ
Received 30 Jul 2012Whole Road Tippett Court Stevenage Herts SG1 1XR
Received 1 Aug 2012Chells Manor Community Centre 12 Emperors Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7QX
Received 3 Aug 2012Land Off Hertford Road Stevenage Herts
Received 3 Aug 2012Ace Taxis 29 - 29A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 6 Aug 201267 Plash Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 1LL
Received 6 Aug 201286 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 6 Aug 2012Friends' Meeting House Cuttys Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 1UP
Received 7 Aug 201296 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 7 Aug 2012363 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DP
Received 7 Aug 2012Butlers Cafe Restaurant 17 Town Square Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BP
Received 7 Aug 201287 Longfields Stevenage Herts SG2 8QA
Received 7 Aug 201223 Park View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PU
Received 10 Aug 20124 Ascot Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 5SA
Received 14 Aug 2012Arts & Leisure Centre Lytton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LZ
Received 14 Aug 201217 Symonds Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2HA
Received 15 Aug 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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