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.
7,850 approved · 717 refused · 452 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 25 Feb 201414 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BN
Received 25 Feb 201483 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PS
Received 26 Feb 2014Unit 5, Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 26 Feb 201456 Milestone Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9RR
Received 27 Feb 2014Turners Industrial Cleaning Systems Ltd Leyden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BP
Received 26 Feb 201446 Wigram Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9TS
Received 28 Feb 2014115 Hayfield Stevenage Herts SG2 7JR
Received 28 Feb 2014129 Turpins Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 8QZ
Received 28 Feb 2014116 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RB
Received 27 Feb 201477 Ayr Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RZ
Received 28 Feb 2014Comet Group PLC Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 4 Mar 20142 Westgate Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1QR
Received 3 Mar 2014Costa Coffee Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 4 Mar 2014133 Drakes Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 0HA
Received 6 Mar 201410 Grenville Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8XZ
Received 6 Mar 2014671 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5EF
Received 7 Mar 201422 Walsham Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SS
Received 10 Mar 201455 Oakfields Stevenage Herts SG2 8NE
Received 10 Mar 201461 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SH
Received 11 Mar 201418 Wortham Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9SH
Received 11 Mar 2014199 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 11 Mar 201465 Sheepcroft Hill Stevenage Herts SG2 9PR
Received 11 Mar 2014239 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8ET
Received 10 Mar 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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