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.
7,845 approved · 716 refused · 452 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brickdale House Swingate Stevenage Herts SG1 1XG
Received 6 Feb 2014John Henry Newman School Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 7 Feb 2014380 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5QH
Received 7 Feb 20149 Rudd Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9SP
Received 7 Feb 201431 The Muntings Stevenage Herts SG2 9DN
Received 7 Feb 2014167 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NE
Received 7 Feb 2014The Bank Lounge Bar 68 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DY
Received 10 Feb 2014Land At The Water Tower Meredith Road Stevenage Herts
Received 10 Feb 2014152 Leaves Spring Stevenage Herts SG2 9BG
Received 11 Feb 20142 Marymead Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AA
Received 12 Feb 201421 Neptune Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7SH
Received 12 Feb 201472 Exchange Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1PZ
Received 12 Feb 2014Wayside Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BX
Received 13 Feb 2014The Avenue Stevenage Herts
Received 11 Feb 201411 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 13 Feb 201411 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 13 Feb 201433 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DN
Received 14 Feb 2014292 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5NA
Received 14 Feb 201454 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 17 Feb 20147 Flinders Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NE
Received 14 Feb 201410 Cameron Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0HG
Received 17 Feb 201429 Broadview Stevenage Herts SG1 3TS
Received 19 Feb 2014243 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8ET
Received 20 Feb 2014169 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9BX
Received 20 Feb 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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