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.
7,532 approved · 671 refused · 424 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Holland And Barrett 44 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EE
Received 5 Sept 2012Rontec North Herts Service Station Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5ES
Received 5 Sept 2012Fairlands Jmi School Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JA
Received 6 Sept 201211 Harefield Stevenage Herts SG2 9NF
Received 7 Sept 2012Marriotts School Telford Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 0AN
Received 10 Sept 201216 Colestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1RB
Received 11 Sept 201213 The Grange Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 17 Sept 201244 Exchange Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1PZ
Received 17 Sept 20121 Chequers Bridge Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LY
Received 17 Sept 2012Whole Road Fieldcroft Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3DX
Received 18 Sept 2012The Wine Society Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BG
Received 18 Sept 201222 Granby Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AR
Received 18 Sept 2012112 Sheepcroft Hill Stevenage Herts SG2 9PS
Received 18 Sept 2012103 Mildmay Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RS
Received 18 Sept 201240 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EE
Received 19 Sept 201240 The Noke Stevenage Herts SG2 8LJ
Received 20 Sept 2012Lloyds TSB Bank Plc 35 - 37 Market Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DH
Received 20 Sept 201248 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 21 Sept 201248 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 13 Sept 2012130 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8BB
Received 24 Sept 2012Land North Of Rooks Nest Cottages Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 24 Sept 20121 Bowling Green Stevenage Herts SG1 3BH
Received 25 Sept 201211 Headingley Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RU
Received 26 Sept 2012The Court House Danesgate Stevenage Herts SG1 1XH
Received 26 Sept 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage