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.
7,901 approved · 722 refused · 460 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BS
Received 9 Sept 20148 Bragbury Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8TJ
Received 9 Sept 201449 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NT
Received 9 Sept 2014The Local 259 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8ET
Received 10 Sept 2014The Local 259 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8ET
Received 10 Sept 201415 Warwick Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0QT
Received 10 Sept 2014K Express 95 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HR
Received 10 Sept 2014Shell Stevenage Bradman Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5RE
Received 11 Sept 2014Hollywood Bowl 5 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 12 Sept 201411 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 12 Sept 201411 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 12 Sept 2014Crofton Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 15 Sept 201498 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts SG2 7DS
Received 15 Sept 2014Bide A While 14 Brick Kiln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NH
Received 17 Sept 2014ASDA Stores Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 17 Sept 2014Roebuck J M And Infants School St. Margarets Stevenage Herts SG2 8RG
Received 18 Sept 20141 St. Davids Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4UZ
Received 19 Sept 2014Unit A Caxton Point Caxton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 19 Sept 20141 Chouler Gardens Stevenage Herts SG1 4TB
Received 19 Sept 201428 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0EQ
Received 22 Sept 20148 Pike End Stevenage Herts SG1 3XA
Received 23 Sept 201421 Windrush Close Stevenage Herts
Received 24 Sept 201435 Silkin Court Stevenage Herts SG2 9PU
Received 24 Sept 2014151 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2JL
Received 24 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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