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.
7,537 approved · 671 refused · 425 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
4 Mathews Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4XB
Received 28 Sept 201237 Manor View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PF
Received 28 Sept 20121-4 Greencote Mews Stevenage Herts SG2 9BP
Received 28 Sept 201212 Oakwood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QS
Received 28 Sept 2012131 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4TZ
Received 28 Sept 201214 Lygrave Stevenage Herts SG2 8LB
Received 28 Sept 2012Cromer House Caxton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DF
Received 1 Oct 2012242 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JQ
Received 2 Oct 2012First Choice Retail 82 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EG
Received 2 Oct 20121 Sish Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3LT
Received 3 Oct 201215 Jupiter Gate Stevenage Herts
Received 3 Oct 201222 Fresson Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QU
Received 3 Oct 201223 Kimbolton Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8RJ
Received 4 Oct 201286 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EG
Received 5 Oct 2012Land To The Front Of 31 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 4 Oct 201277 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9AG
Received 5 Oct 20121 Hardwick Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UF
Received 9 Oct 2012Unit 1 The Firs Fairlands Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1FZ
Received 9 Oct 201244A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EF
Received 9 Oct 2012Land To Rear Of 4 Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 9 Oct 2012The Lytton Theatre Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PZ
Received 9 Oct 2012143 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LP
Received 11 Oct 2012Southend Farm 131 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 12 Oct 201248 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 12 Oct 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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