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.
7,927 approved · 723 refused · 462 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
155 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4EY
Received 30 Oct 201429 Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0HL
Received 30 Oct 201426 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JJ
Received 30 Oct 201423 Bray Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 31 Oct 201464 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2HY
Received 31 Oct 201424 Herne Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4RW
Received 31 Oct 201459 Four Acres Stevenage Herts SG1 3PJ
Received 31 Oct 2014White Lion 60 - 62 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EA
Received 3 Nov 2014White Lion 60 - 62 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EA
Received 3 Nov 201482 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts SG2 7DS
Received 3 Nov 201472 Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HA
Received 3 Nov 2014130 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RZ
Received 4 Nov 2014133 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4EX
Received 5 Nov 20142 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 10 Nov 2014292 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4JF
Received 10 Nov 2014Taj Mahal Restaurant 70 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EA
Received 10 Nov 201413 Bradman Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5RE
Received 10 Nov 20147 Inskip Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1JX
Received 10 Nov 2014Taj Mahal Restaurant 70 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EA
Received 11 Nov 201474 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EG
Received 11 Nov 2014172 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NE
Received 11 Nov 2014Astrium Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2DB
Received 12 Nov 201412 St. Margarets Stevenage Herts SG2 8RG
Received 13 Nov 2014137 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4TZ
Received 12 Nov 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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