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.
7,892 approved · 722 refused · 459 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
83 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SJ
Received 16 Jul 201427 Woodland Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BU
Received 17 Jul 20142 Foster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SA
Received 17 Jul 201469 Ely Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4NP
Received 18 Jul 2014Dominoes Pizza 107 - 109 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 18 Jul 2014Veale Associates 16 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AL
Received 21 Jul 20149 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 22 Jul 2014132 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QZ
Received 22 Jul 2014Domino's Pizza 107 - 109 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 22 Jul 201412 Furzedown Stevenage Herts SG2 9EN
Received 23 Jul 2014Unit 1 Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 23 Jul 2014121 The Pastures Stevenage Herts SG2 7DF
Received 23 Jul 20141 Dove Road Stevenage Herts
Received 24 Jul 2014Chells Way Surgery 265 Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0HN
Received 24 Jul 2014Land Adj To 47 Whomerley Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1SR
Received 23 Jul 201432 Essex Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EX
Received 25 Jul 20142 Greenways Stevenage Herts SG1 3TE
Received 25 Jul 2014Barnwell Middle School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 25 Jul 20141 Chequers Bridge Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LY
Received 29 Jul 2014Icon Building Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 29 Jul 201420 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SQ
Received 30 Jul 201422 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HT
Received 31 Jul 2014158 Ferrier Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0PD
Received 1 Aug 2014Bandley House Bandley Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9NR
Received 4 Aug 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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