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.
7,739 approved · 695 refused · 446 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 St. Davids Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4UZ
Received 16 Dec 20136 Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QR
Received 10 Dec 201332 Essex Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EX
Received 17 Dec 201318 Kennett Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3XU
Received 13 Dec 201336 Franklins Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BW
Received 18 Dec 201337 Gonville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9LX
Received 18 Dec 2013Tesco Stores Ltd London Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DT
Received 18 Dec 2013Giles Nursery, Infants And Junior Schools Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4JQ
Received 18 Dec 201319 Montfichet Walk Stevenage Herts SG2 7DT
Received 19 Dec 2013Cromer House Caxton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DF
Received 20 Dec 2013Land Bounded By Bragbury Lane, Pembridge Gardens And Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts
Received 20 Dec 20133 Wellington Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HR
Received 23 Dec 2013123 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RE
Received 23 Dec 2013Land Adjacent To 88 Marlborough Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HL
Received 20 Dec 2013Land Between 7A And 11 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BD
Received 24 Dec 2013306 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HN
Received 30 Dec 201365 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 30 Dec 2013Land Adjacent 47 Breakspear Stevenage Herts SG2 9SQ
Received 6 Jan 2014Land Adjacent 2 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DZ
Received 6 Jan 2014Land Rear Of 129 To 145 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RB
Received 6 Jan 2014Land Adjacent 8 Magellan Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NF
Received 6 Jan 2014243 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8ET
Received 6 Jan 201455 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BS
Received 3 Jan 2014153 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NE
Received 6 Jan 2014Records 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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