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.
7,646 approved · 687 refused · 436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adj To 71 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1LX
Received 2 Jul 2013Oak Lodge Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 3 Jul 201322A Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EU
Received 3 Jul 2013187 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 3 Jul 2013131 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4TZ
Received 4 Jul 201313 Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0HL
Received 4 Jul 20138 - 14 And The Bath House, Church Lane Stevenage Herts
Received 4 Jul 201311 Knights Templars Green Stevenage Herts SG2 0JY
Received 4 Jul 201327 Barclay Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 3NB
Received 4 Jul 201313 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5NH
Received 5 Jul 201332 Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JA
Received 5 Jul 2013141 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LP
Received 5 Jul 20133 Wood Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8PA
Received 4 Jul 201379 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 8 Jul 2013Larwood School Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QU
Received 8 Jul 201382 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BJ
Received 9 Jul 201362 Eastbourne Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2EX
Received 9 Jul 201341 Wildwood Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 1TB
Received 9 Jul 2013Bedwell JMI School Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NJ
Received 9 Jul 201372 Colestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1RA
Received 9 Jul 2013Land At London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 9 Jul 20131 Rectory Croft Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 10 Jul 201361 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QE
Received 10 Jul 2013K Express 3 Kenilworth Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TB
Received 9 Jul 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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