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.
7,747 approved · 695 refused · 447 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flats 6-9, 7A Market Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DH
Received 6 Jan 2014146 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 9 Jan 201411 St. Davids Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4UZ
Received 13 Jan 201418 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QB
Received 13 Jan 2014182 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 14 Jan 2014Mercedes-Benz Stevenage Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BT
Received 15 Jan 201445 Milestone Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9RR
Received 15 Jan 2014Flats 6-9, 7A Market Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DH
Received 15 Jan 20141 Town Square Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BP
Received 16 Jan 2014Appliances For You 28 The Hyde Stevenage Herts SG2 9SB
Received 17 Jan 2014Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 16 Jan 201460 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PX
Received 20 Jan 2014257 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PZ
Received 20 Jan 2014Land Rear Of Ferrier Road And Magellan Close Stevenage Herts
Received 20 Jan 2014Archer Road Neighbourhood Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 5HF
Received 20 Jan 201474 Telford Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 0AJ
Received 21 Jan 201441 Brighton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2JQ
Received 21 Jan 201459 Trumper Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JZ
Received 21 Jan 2014Brickdale House Danestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1XQ
Received 22 Jan 2014339 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DP
Received 22 Jan 2014Muslim Community Centre Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PZ
Received 23 Jan 201458 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QE
Received 24 Jan 201412 Dewpond Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3BL
Received 27 Jan 20148 Hyatt Trading Estate Babbage Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EQ
Received 27 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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