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.
7,723 approved · 693 refused · 444 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tudor House Court 2A Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HU
Received 12 Nov 2013226 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4NF
Received 11 Nov 201330 Greydells Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3NJ
Received 11 Nov 2013249 Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0LY
Received 13 Nov 20137 Colwyn Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2AT
Received 13 Nov 201320 Grenville Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8XZ
Received 14 Nov 201317 Alleyns Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PG
Received 15 Nov 201336 Dovedale Stevenage Herts SG2 9EP
Received 15 Nov 2013Chells Way Surgery 265 Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0HN
Received 18 Nov 2013Cherrydown Twinwoods Stevenage Herts SG1 1RJ
Received 15 Nov 2013Greenside School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Nov 201354 Ferrier Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0NU
Received 15 Nov 2013Brickdale House Swingate Stevenage Herts SG1 1XG
Received 18 Nov 201319 Glanville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 4FW
Received 18 Nov 201312 Oakwood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QS
Received 19 Nov 201337 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 19 Nov 201383 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PS
Received 21 Nov 2013Cobham Advanced Composites Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DH
Received 21 Nov 2013Land Adj To Old Smithy 1 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DR
Received 21 Nov 2013Red Lion 80 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 20 Nov 2013Red Lion 80 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 20 Nov 2013Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 20 Nov 201362 Barnwell Stevenage Herts SG2 9SN
Received 22 Nov 2013BP Petrol Filling Station Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EE
Received 22 Nov 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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