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.
7,545 approved · 672 refused · 425 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Unit 1 Viewpoint Hyatt Trading Estate Babbage Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EQ
Received 12 Oct 2012141 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LP
Received 15 Oct 201299 Downlands Stevenage Herts SG2 7BJ
Received 28 Sept 201255 Edmonds Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9TJ
Received 15 Oct 2012Cromer House Caxton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DF
Received 15 Oct 20124 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 17 Oct 2012Halfords And PC World Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 18 Oct 2012Unit C1, C2 And C3 Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 18 Oct 2012Unit B2, Maplin Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 18 Oct 2012Lonsdale School Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QU
Received 16 Oct 201238 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BJ
Received 18 Oct 201212 Oakfields Stevenage Herts SG2 8NF
Received 19 Oct 20122 Shephall View Stevenage Herts SG1 1RL
Received 19 Oct 2012Land Adj To 224 And 226 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4JB
Received 19 Oct 2012Kingdom Hall Sleaps Hyde Stevenage Herts SG2 8JU
Received 22 Oct 2012Car Park To The R/o 133 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HT
Received 22 Oct 2012Land At Leyden Road Stevenage Herts
Received 22 Oct 201236 Orchard Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 3EN
Received 23 Oct 2012Mastercare Service And Distribution Ltd Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4UU
Received 23 Oct 2012Cygnet Hospital Graveley Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4YS
Received 23 Oct 201217 Four Acres Stevenage Herts SG1 3PL
Received 24 Oct 2012Barclays Bank Ltd 68 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DY
Received 24 Oct 2012Plot 2000 Arlington Business Park Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts
Received 25 Oct 2012Plot 2000 Arlington Business Park Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts
Received 25 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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