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.
7,898 approved · 722 refused · 460 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
398 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5NE
Received 29 Aug 201414 Broxdell Stevenage Herts SG1 3TU
Received 29 Aug 201411A Foxfield Stevenage Herts SG2 9LR
Received 1 Sept 201412 The Grange Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 1 Sept 2014154 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HQ
Received 1 Sept 201412A Newlyn Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JD
Received 1 Sept 201441 Knights Templars Green Stevenage Herts SG2 0JY
Received 2 Sept 201432 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 2 Sept 201450 Ayr Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RZ
Received 2 Sept 2014J Sainsbury Plc Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 14 Jul 20144 Olde Swann Court Stevenage Herts SG1 3WB
Received 3 Sept 201454 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JG
Received 3 Sept 201417 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QB
Received 4 Sept 201425 Exchange Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1PZ
Received 4 Sept 2014The Water Tower Meredith Road Stevenage Herts
Received 4 Sept 201494 - 98 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 8 Sept 2014Cherrydown Twinwoods Stevenage Herts SG1 1RJ
Received 8 Sept 2014193 Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0LX
Received 8 Sept 2014120 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DE
Received 8 Sept 201484 Leaves Spring Stevenage Herts SG2 9BH
Received 9 Sept 2014Belle Vue London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XW
Received 9 Sept 201497 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JQ
Received 9 Sept 201426 Upper Sean Stevenage Herts SG2 9XW
Received 9 Sept 201455 Leaves Spring Stevenage Herts SG2 9BD
Received 9 Sept 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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