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.
7,604 approved · 683 refused · 430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
71 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QE
Received 18 Mar 2013Ground Floor Kestrel House Primett Road Stevenage Herts
Received 19 Mar 2013Peacehaven Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QS
Received 19 Mar 2013100 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 19 Mar 2013Lloyds TSB Bank 90 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 21 Mar 201311 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0EQ
Received 20 Mar 201333 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DN
Received 21 Mar 2013Oxfam 11 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW
Received 21 Mar 2013143 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LP
Received 25 Mar 2013Church Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts
Received 25 Mar 2013Church Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts
Received 25 Mar 2013Rising Sun 35 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ES
Received 25 Mar 201341 Drakes Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 0EZ
Received 26 Mar 201377 Uplands Stevenage Herts SG2 7DW
Received 26 Mar 201346 Bandley Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9NR
Received 28 Mar 2013Marquis Of Lorne 132 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DB
Received 28 Mar 2013Marquis Of Lorne 132 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DB
Received 28 Mar 201360 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9EA
Received 30 Mar 2013544 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AY
Received 29 Mar 2013134 Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0LX
Received 2 Apr 2013Leys JMI School Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QZ
Received 4 Apr 2013Land At London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 4 Apr 201344 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4NA
Received 5 Apr 2013Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG2 2UA
Received 5 Apr 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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