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.
7,615 approved · 685 refused · 433 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Trent Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RT
Received 7 May 201394 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2HZ
Received 8 May 2013Units 1-5, 8-25, A-Q & Comark House Gunnels Wood Park Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BH
Received 8 May 2013Watson Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LS
Received 9 May 201328 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JG
Received 8 May 201330 Ellis Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3SA
Received 9 May 20136 Cromwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HT
Received 9 May 201340 Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 13 May 20133 Aspen Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SJ
Received 15 May 2013Eurest (Tesco) The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 16 May 20133 Store 63 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DN
Received 17 May 2013210 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 20 May 20131 Manor House Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 7RR
Received 17 May 201333 Cannix Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9AN
Received 20 May 2013322 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JG
Received 20 May 2013Cherrydown Twinwoods Stevenage Herts SG1 1RJ
Received 20 May 2013304 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JE
Received 20 May 2013109 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QW
Received 21 May 201320 Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 22 May 20139 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DA
Received 22 May 2013191 Telford Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 0AW
Received 22 May 2013Lytton Way Service Station Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 22 May 2013Buick Photographic 85 Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0HY
Received 22 May 2013Halifax Plc 97 - 99 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 22 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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