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.
7,690 approved · 690 refused · 441 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 To Rear Of 9-10 Tintern Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TL
Received 17 Sept 201339 Fallowfield Stevenage Herts SG2 9PL
Received 18 Sept 201353 Coventry Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4PD
Received 19 Sept 2013Adjacent 32 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 19 Sept 2013Shangri La Farm Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 19 Sept 2013Shangri La Farm Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 19 Sept 201321 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8BA
Received 23 Sept 201321 Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QE
Received 23 Sept 20133, 4, 5 And 6 Ditchmore Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LJ
Received 23 Sept 2013142 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 24 Sept 201332 Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JA
Received 24 Sept 201312 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QF
Received 25 Sept 20136 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 25 Sept 2013The Grange And Olde Swann Court Stevenage Herts SG1 3WB
Received 26 Sept 201348 Wheatlands Stevenage Herts SG2 0JT
Received 26 Sept 2013Brickdale House Swingate Stevenage Herts SG1 1XG
Received 26 Sept 20136 Ditchmore Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LJ
Received 30 Sept 20136 Ditchmore Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LJ
Received 30 Sept 2013113 Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RY
Received 30 Sept 201369 Wigram Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9XA
Received 30 Sept 2013Land Rear Of 60 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NR
Received 30 Sept 2013Tesco Stores Ltd The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts
Received 1 Oct 2013Tesco Stores Ltd The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts
Received 1 Oct 201315 Meadow Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1QB
Received 30 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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