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.
7,958 approved · 727 refused · 463 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
187 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9BX
Received 7 Jan 20156 Aldeburgh Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JT
Received 7 Jan 2015Carpet Right Plc Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 8 Jan 20155 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HD
Received 9 Jan 2015HSBC Danestrete Stevenage Herts
Received 9 Jan 201511 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 12 Jan 20153 Wigram Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9TP
Received 12 Jan 201520 Brighton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2JQ
Received 12 Jan 2015Business Technology Centre Bessemer Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 12 Jan 2015Southgate House Southgate Stevenage Herts SG1 1HG
Received 12 Jan 2015Southgate House Southgate Stevenage Herts SG1 1HG
Received 12 Jan 2015Southgate House Southgate Stevenage Herts SG1 1HG
Received 13 Jan 201559 Conifer Walk Stevenage Herts SG2 7QS
Received 14 Jan 2015Land At Ridlins End Stevenage Herts SG2 9QZ
Received 14 Jan 201556 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PX
Received 14 Jan 2015Wayside Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BX
Received 15 Jan 201560 Telford Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 0AH
Received 15 Jan 20158 St. Andrews Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4UY
Received 15 Jan 2015On The Green Restaurant 11 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 16 Jan 201544A And 44B Exchange Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1PZ
Received 16 Jan 2015Londis 32 - 34 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BS
Received 16 Jan 2015348 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5ND
Received 20 Jan 2015Land Adj To 47 Breakspear Breakspear Stevenage Herts
Received 20 Jan 2015The Standing Order 33 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AS
Received 20 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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