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.
7,886 approved · 721 refused · 457 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5PA
Received 1 Jul 2014Land Adj To 1 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DR
Received 2 Jul 2014The Proverbial 76 - 78 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DP
Received 3 Jul 201485 Stirling Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TG
Received 3 Jul 20144 Rooks Nest Barns Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4XS
Received 4 Jul 201471 Morecambe Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2BF
Received 4 Jul 20147 Inskip Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1JX
Received 4 Jul 201461 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QE
Received 7 Jul 201482 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BJ
Received 8 Jul 201421 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ES
Received 9 Jul 201411 Elbow Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8LP
Received 8 Jul 201411 Petworth Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UP
Received 11 Jul 2014143 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NP
Received 11 Jul 201413 Bradman Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5RE
Received 14 Jul 2014Land Adj To 1 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DR
Received 15 Jul 201417 Knights Templars Green Stevenage Herts SG2 0JY
Received 14 Jul 201447 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JL
Received 15 Jul 2014St Joseph's Church Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Jul 2014Land Adj To Roaring Meg Retail Park South Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Jul 2014Land Adj To Roaring Meg Retail Park South Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Jul 2014Marquis Of Lorne 132 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DB
Received 17 Jul 2014Marquis Of Lorne 132 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DB
Received 17 Jul 201462 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FD
Received 18 Jul 2014Barnwell School Barnwell Stevenage Herts SG2 9SW
Received 17 Jul 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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