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.
7,425 approved · 663 refused · 407 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Aug 2007 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Middlesbrough Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4TJ
Received 28 Feb 20127 Blair Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8DE
Received 29 Feb 2012The Forum, Marshgate, Market Square And St. Georges Way Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 29 Feb 2012Abel Smith House Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts
Received 29 Feb 20124 Foster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SA
Received 1 Mar 20122A North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AT
Received 1 Mar 201222 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 2 Mar 201212 Lancaster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4RX
Received 5 Mar 201226 Market Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DB
Received 5 Mar 2012Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 5 Mar 2012Former Pin Green Jmi School Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts
Received 6 Mar 2012Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 6 Mar 2012Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 6 Mar 201230 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 7 Mar 201222 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 7 Mar 201227 Broadview Stevenage Herts SG1 3TS
Received 7 Mar 201218 Rowland Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1TE
Received 7 Mar 2012Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 8 Mar 2012Land To The Side Of 9 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 8 Mar 201214 - 16 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 8 Mar 201265 - 67A Albert Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3NY
Received 8 Mar 201228 Gonville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9LT
Received 9 Mar 201255 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 9 Mar 201233 Walnut Tree Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9RS
Received 12 Mar 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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