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.
7,565 approved · 675 refused · 425 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8QN
Received 16 Nov 2012Stamford House Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EE
Received 22 Nov 201232 Jackdaw Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9DA
Received 22 Nov 201217 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1LU
Received 23 Nov 2012101 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NP
Received 23 Nov 2012146 Hopton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LG
Received 26 Nov 20121 Kennett Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3XU
Received 29 Nov 201229 Chapman Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4RJ
Received 30 Nov 20123, 4, 5 And 6 Ditchmore Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LJ
Received 3 Dec 20121 Oakfields Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8NQ
Received 30 Nov 201293 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TD
Received 30 Nov 20129 Walsham Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SS
Received 30 Nov 20121 Trafford Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RY
Received 4 Dec 201264 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EE
Received 6 Dec 201264 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EE
Received 6 Dec 201232 Jackdaw Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9DA
Received 7 Dec 2012Fairlands Valley Lakes Cafe Fairlands Way Stevenage Herts
Received 11 Dec 2012322 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JG
Received 10 Dec 2012Southend Farm (131) High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 11 Dec 20122 Claymores Stevenage Herts SG1 3TP
Received 12 Dec 2012Webb Enterprises (Stevenage) Ltd 7 Dunwich Farm Stevenage Herts SG1 2JX
Received 15 Dec 2012100 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RE
Received 18 Dec 2012Homebase Ltd Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 18 Dec 2012Allied Bakeries Cartwright Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QA
Received 14 Dec 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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