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.
7,630 approved · 685 refused · 434 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 23 May 2013St Joseph's Church Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts
Received 22 May 201312 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DZ
Received 23 May 2013Land At London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 23 May 20132 Rooks Nest Farm Barns Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4XS
Received 24 May 201342 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PX
Received 24 May 201396 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PT
Received 24 May 2013142 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 28 May 201386 Mildmay Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5SW
Received 28 May 201312 St. Margarets Stevenage Herts SG2 8RG
Received 29 May 2013Maple Leaf Cottage, To The Rear Of 6 Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QR
Received 28 May 2013Twin Foxes 54 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SJ
Received 28 May 201360 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NR
Received 3 Jun 2013529 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DY
Received 3 Jun 2013Bide A While 14 Brick Kiln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NH
Received 3 Jun 20135 Chapman Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4RJ
Received 4 Jun 2013John Henry Newman School Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 5 Jun 2013Part Of Garage Compound To The Rear Of Ken Brown Motors Shephall Way Stevenage Herts
Received 5 Jun 20135 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JL
Received 6 Jun 2013Saffron Ground Ditchmore Lane Stevenage Herts
Received 5 Jun 2013219 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HB
Received 6 Jun 2013158 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NE
Received 7 Jun 2013122 Leaves Spring Stevenage Herts SG2 9BG
Received 10 Jun 201332 Essex Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EX
Received 10 Jun 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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