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.
7,906 approved · 722 refused · 460 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Essex Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EX
Received 24 Sept 20149 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 26 Sept 201436 Franklins Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BW
Received 30 Sept 2014412 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5BQ
Received 1 Oct 2014DuPont (UK) Ltd Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4QN
Received 1 Oct 20146 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ES
Received 1 Oct 2014Barclays Bank, UNIT 3 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 1 Oct 20142 Barley Croft Stevenage Herts SG2 9NP
Received 2 Oct 201421 Augustus Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7QY
Received 3 Oct 2014Matalan Retail Park Danestrete Stevenage Herts
Received 3 Oct 201435 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 6 Oct 201436 Green Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DS
Received 6 Oct 201478 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SL
Received 6 Oct 201435 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 6 Oct 2014Edgeley London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XW
Received 7 Oct 201484 Burymead Stevenage Herts SG1 4BA
Received 9 Oct 2014Dominoes Pizza 107 - 109 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 9 Oct 20142 Park Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8PX
Received 9 Oct 201414 -16 Park Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DP
Received 9 Oct 201450 Stoney Croft Stevenage Herts SG1 3TW
Received 9 Oct 20142 Silam Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1JH
Received 10 Oct 2014Dominic Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 10 Oct 20143, 4, 5 And 6 Ditchmore Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LJ
Received 10 Oct 2014Campion Court Stevenage Herts SG1 3EY
Received 7 Oct 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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