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.
7,949 approved · 726 refused · 463 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To 47 Whomerley Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1SR
Received 12 Dec 201447 Whomerley Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1SR
Received 12 Dec 201412 Sweyns Mead Stevenage Herts SG2 0JZ
Received 15 Dec 201417 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JL
Received 15 Dec 201415 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JL
Received 15 Dec 2014Bank House Primett Road Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Dec 2014Land Adj To Roaring Meg Retail Park South Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Dec 201462 Brick Kiln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NH
Received 17 Dec 2014Brickdale House Swingate Stevenage Herts SG1 1XG
Received 16 Dec 2014Carlton House Boulton Road Stevenage Herts
Received 19 Dec 2014Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 19 Dec 201413 Cholwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9JY
Received 22 Dec 2014Ashenhurst Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 22 Dec 2014Keepers Cottage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 22 Dec 201426 Upper Sean Stevenage Herts SG2 9XW
Received 23 Dec 201477 Holly Leys Stevenage Herts SG2 8HX
Received 24 Dec 2014Antelope House, Ardent House, Atlantic House & Sheffield House Gates Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3NS
Received 24 Dec 201450 Brick Kiln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NH
Received 29 Dec 201415 Barham Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HX
Received 30 Dec 20143 Wiltshire Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9DU
Received 30 Dec 201427 Briardale Stevenage Herts SG1 1TR
Received 5 Jan 20153, 4, 5 And 6 Ditchmore Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LJ
Received 5 Jan 201516 Pembridge Gardens Stevenage Herts SG2 8BF
Received 6 Jan 201515 Pembridge Gardens Stevenage Herts SG2 8BF
Received 6 Jan 2015Records 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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