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.
7,672 approved · 689 refused · 438 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Bournemouth Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PN
Received 4 Sept 20133, 4, 5 And 6 Ditchmore Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LJ
Received 6 Sept 20133, 4, 5 And 6 Ditchmore Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LJ
Received 6 Sept 2013K Express 3 Kenilworth Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TB
Received 9 Jul 201310 East Reach Stevenage Herts SG2 9AU
Received 6 Sept 201328 Compton Place Stevenage Herts SG1 4FN
Received 10 Sept 201331 Woolners Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3AF
Received 9 Sept 20138 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DZ
Received 9 Sept 2013Pyramid House Oxleys Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9YE
Received 9 Sept 20133, 4, 5 And 6 Ditchmore Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LJ
Received 9 Sept 201334 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PR
Received 11 Sept 201366 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HU
Received 10 Sept 2013C.K Associates Ltd 9 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 11 Sept 2013Land To The Front Of 22 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AJ
Received 11 Sept 201314 Mathews Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4XB
Received 12 Sept 201342 Whitesmead Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3LA
Received 12 Sept 201313 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5NH
Received 13 Sept 201372 Colestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1RA
Received 16 Sept 20137 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 16 Sept 201349 Alexander Gate Stevenage Herts SG1 5RG
Received 16 Sept 20138-14 Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QR
Received 16 Sept 2013Bragbury End Farmhouse And Barns Former Van Hage Garden Company Bragbury Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8TS
Received 17 Sept 20133, 4, 5 And 6 Ditchmore Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LJ
Received 17 Sept 201349 Alexander Gate Stevenage Herts SG1 5RG
Received 17 Sept 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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