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.
7,582 approved · 678 refused · 428 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
22 Glenwood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QT
Received 29 Jan 201324 Howarde Court High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DF
Received 29 Jan 201368 Sheepcroft Hill Stevenage Herts SG2 9PS
Received 1 Feb 201392 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PT
Received 4 Feb 201335 Barnwell Stevenage Herts SG2 9SJ
Received 4 Feb 2013Unit A, Dunelm Mill Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XL
Received 4 Feb 2013Former Mastercare Service And Distribution Ltd Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4UU
Received 4 Feb 2013Barclays Bank, UNIT 3 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 5 Feb 201323 Foster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SA
Received 5 Feb 2013Greenside School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts
Received 5 Feb 2013Card Factory 92 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EG
Received 5 Feb 201385 Skegness Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2HT
Received 5 Feb 2013Oak Court Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 6 Feb 20134 Kenmare Close Stevenage Herts
Received 6 Feb 2013North Hertfordshire College Stevenage Centre Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 8 Feb 2013Francis House Warren Court 116 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 11 Feb 201352A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EF
Received 12 Feb 201352A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EF
Received 12 Feb 201326 Eastbourne Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2EX
Received 14 Feb 2013162 Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8NA
Received 13 Feb 2013Former Lonsdale School Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QU
Received 14 Feb 2013A1(M) Roundabout Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts
Received 14 Feb 201359 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DN
Received 15 Feb 2013The Water Tower Meredith Road Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Feb 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage