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.
7,608 approved · 684 refused · 432 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TD
Received 8 Apr 2013179 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0EA
Received 10 Apr 2013209 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PY
Received 10 Apr 201311 Lime Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QB
Received 10 Apr 201372 Skegness Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2HT
Received 10 Apr 201373 Marymead Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AG
Received 11 Apr 2013111 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LU
Received 12 Apr 201310 Kenmare Close Stevenage Herts
Received 12 Apr 201336 Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LL
Received 15 Apr 201315 Coopers Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9TL
Received 15 Apr 2013Friends' Meeting House Cuttys Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 1UP
Received 15 Apr 20133 Wood Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8PA
Received 16 Apr 2013151 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2JL
Received 16 Apr 201390 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TE
Received 18 Apr 20134 Burymead Stevenage Herts SG1 4AX
Received 17 Apr 201310 Symonds Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2HA
Received 19 Apr 20133 Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QS
Received 23 Apr 20132 Westgate Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1QR
Received 25 Apr 2013Barclay Secondary School Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 26 Apr 20132 Rooks Nest Cottages Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 26 Apr 20134 Shephall Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8DH
Received 1 May 2013Tarrant Court Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RG
Received 2 May 2013Follett House Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EE
Received 3 May 2013Adjacent 32 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 7 May 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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