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.
7,864 approved · 720 refused · 454 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Chalkdown Stevenage Herts SG2 7BG
Received 23 May 201477 And 79 Nodes Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AH
Received 23 May 2014Land Adj To 1 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DR
Received 23 May 20144 Burghley Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SX
Received 27 May 201429 Longfields Stevenage Herts SG2 8QD
Received 27 May 201498 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 27 May 20149 The Ridings Stevenage Herts SG2 9UA
Received 28 May 20141 Chambers Gate Stevenage Herts SG1 3XE
Received 27 May 2014Land Between 7 Lodge Way And 3 Grenville Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8NP
Received 28 May 2014Post Office 22 - 23 Westgate Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1QR
Received 29 May 201441 Old Bourne Way Stevenage Herts SG1 6AE
Received 2 Jun 2014Land Adj To 40 Exchange Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1PZ
Received 3 Jun 201433 Brighton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2JQ
Received 3 Jun 2014Broadwater Service Station Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts
Received 3 Jun 201410 Market Square Stevenage Herts SG1 1EP
Received 4 Jun 2014121 Ascot Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 5SX
Received 4 Jun 201429 Linkways East Stevenage Herts SG1 1PR
Received 4 Jun 201465 Featherston Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9PN
Received 4 Jun 201422 - 24 The Glebe Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0DJ
Received 6 Jun 201418 Fortuna Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5TD
Received 6 Jun 2014Land Adj To 9 Chester Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4JX
Received 10 Jun 2014342 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4DU
Received 11 Jun 2014100 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9XP
Received 12 Jun 2014Ace Taxis 23 The Glebe Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0DL
Received 13 Jun 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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