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.
7,595 approved · 681 refused · 430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PR
Received 4 Mar 201313 Bronte Paths Stevenage Herts SG2 0PQ
Received 4 Mar 201396 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PT
Received 5 Mar 20131 Lintott Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3LZ
Received 5 Mar 20133 Trafford Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RY
Received 5 Mar 201365 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DN
Received 5 Mar 2013Unit C1 Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 6 Mar 2013143 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8ST
Received 7 Mar 2013Prince Of Wales 61 Albert Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3NY
Received 7 Mar 201333 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BQ
Received 8 Mar 2013Osprey House & Kestrel House Primett Road Stevenage Herts
Received 8 Mar 2013Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 8 Mar 201337 Epsom Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5TE
Received 11 Mar 2013109 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TD
Received 11 Mar 2013The Gatehouse Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 11 Mar 2013Dunelm Mill Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XL
Received 12 Mar 2013The Chequers 164 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3LL
Received 12 Mar 201321 Windrush Close Stevenage Herts
Received 12 Mar 201330 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 13 Mar 201313 Bray Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Mar 201313 Bray Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Mar 201319 Bawdsey Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2LA
Received 14 Mar 201333 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BQ
Received 18 Mar 2013Rear Of 2 Victoria Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3PB
Received 15 Mar 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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