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.
7,896 approved · 722 refused · 460 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Hillside Stevenage Herts SG1 1PX
Received 15 Aug 201410 Headingley Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RU
Received 15 Aug 2014308 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EU
Received 15 Aug 2014113 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EP
Received 18 Aug 2014363 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DP
Received 18 Aug 201425 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ES
Received 19 Aug 201459 Christie Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0NG
Received 19 Aug 2014Belvue House, Bell Lane And Cinnabar Cafe, 56 - 58 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EF
Received 19 Aug 201425 Burydale Stevenage Herts SG2 8AU
Received 19 Aug 201470 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JH
Received 19 Aug 201411 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 19 Aug 201411 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 19 Aug 201481 Penn Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1HT
Received 20 Aug 201450 Warwick Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0QS
Received 20 Aug 2014Ashenhurst Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 21 Aug 201430 Watercress Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9TN
Received 21 Aug 20142A North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AT
Received 21 Aug 2014171 Shephall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9RB
Received 21 Aug 201460 Uplands Stevenage Herts SG2 7DW
Received 26 Aug 201451 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4ET
Received 22 Aug 2014Mercedes-Benz Stevenage Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BT
Received 26 Aug 2014McDonalds Restaurants Ltd Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 27 Aug 20142 Tudor Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4DB
Received 29 Aug 201438 Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 29 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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