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.
7,466 approved · 667 refused · 416 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Westgate Shopping Centre Westgate Town Centre Stevenage Herts
Received 28 Mar 2012Gate Hotel Gates Way Stevenage Herts
Received 29 Mar 2012Prince Of Wales 61 Albert Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3NY
Received 29 Mar 2012146 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2JL
Received 30 Mar 2012Chequers House, Rear Of 162 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3LL
Received 31 Mar 201211 Burns Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0JN
Received 3 Apr 2012224 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4JB
Received 10 Apr 2012Waters Peugeot Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts
Received 10 Apr 20128 Beane Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 7DL
Received 11 Apr 2012The Plash Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 12 Apr 201283 - 85 Brick Kiln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NH
Received 12 Apr 201231 Walnut Tree Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9RS
Received 13 Apr 2012Land Adjacent 3 Gloucester Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RQ
Received 13 Apr 2012Spice Rouge 99 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HR
Received 13 Apr 2012Kingdom Hall Sleaps Hyde Stevenage Herts SG2 8JU
Received 16 Apr 201214 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9AB
Received 16 Apr 2012Solar House Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 16 Apr 2012Land To The Front Of 6 Newbury Close Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4TE
Received 17 Apr 201287 Longfields Stevenage Herts SG2 8QA
Received 17 Apr 2012130 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8BB
Received 19 Apr 201215 Buckthorn Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 1TT
Received 19 Apr 20121 Oakfields Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8NQ
Received 19 Apr 2012Eppendorf House 14 Gateway 1000 Arlington Business Park Whittle Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2FP
Received 23 Apr 201291 Drakes Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 0HA
Received 24 Apr 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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