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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.
7,578 approved · 676 refused · 427 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bide A While 14 Brick Kiln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NH
Received 10 Jan 2013158 Mildmay Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5SP
Received 11 Jan 201356 Wildwood Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 1TB
Received 11 Jan 201385 Leaves Spring Stevenage Herts SG2 9BE
Received 11 Jan 2013189 Ascot Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 5SY
Received 11 Jan 2013Unit 2A, Rosebys Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 11 Jan 2013Astrium Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2DB
Received 14 Jan 201351 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4ET
Received 14 Jan 201318 The Hedgerows Stevenage Herts SG2 7BW
Received 16 Jan 201372 Exchange Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1PZ
Received 16 Jan 2013Whitney Wood House Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts
Received 21 Jan 201343 Parishes Mead Stevenage Herts SG2 9QD
Received 23 Jan 201319 Nash Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0AP
Received 23 Jan 2013Outside Pizza Express, 124 - 126 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 15 Jan 2013Coast To Coast 13 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 23 Jan 201310 Sefton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RH
Received 22 Jan 201347 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8QN
Received 24 Jan 201365 Edmonds Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9TJ
Received 24 Jan 2013141 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LP
Received 24 Jan 2013Arts & Leisure Centre Lytton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LZ
Received 24 Jan 2013Former Stevenage Knitting Company Ltd Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 25 Jan 2013Little Flock Nursery Coptic Orthodox Church, Shephalbury Manor Shephalbury Park Broadhall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8NP
Received 25 Jan 2013St. Marys Vicarage 148 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9YA
Received 29 Jan 201340 Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 29 Jan 2013Records 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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