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.
7,933 approved · 725 refused · 462 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BP Petrol Filling Station Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EE
Received 13 Nov 2014Unit 2 Wedgwood Gate Industrial Estate Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4SU
Received 14 Nov 2014Six Hills House London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1YB
Received 17 Nov 2014197 Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QG
Received 18 Nov 2014135 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LP
Received 18 Nov 2014567 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5EA
Received 18 Nov 2014Archer Road Neighbourhood Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 5HF
Received 20 Nov 2014Archer Road Neighbourhood Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 5HF
Received 20 Nov 2014Archer Road Neighbourhood Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 5HF
Received 20 Nov 2014105 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RB
Received 20 Nov 201483 The Paddocks Stevenage Herts SG2 9UE
Received 21 Nov 2014Hampson Park Webb Rise Stevenage Herts
Received 20 Nov 2014J Sainsbury Plc Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 21 Nov 201421A Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QW
Received 21 Nov 201421A Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QW
Received 21 Nov 20142 Burydale Stevenage Herts SG2 8AT
Received 24 Nov 2014Hampson Park Webb Rise Stevenage Herts
Received 24 Nov 20149 Hayley Common Stevenage Herts SG2 9LA
Received 21 Nov 20141 The Glynde Stevenage Herts SG2 8SY
Received 24 Nov 2014P D S A 14 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BS
Received 24 Nov 20141 Ridlins End Stevenage Herts SG2 9QZ
Received 25 Nov 201410 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 25 Nov 201411 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 26 Nov 2014Greenside School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 26 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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