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.
7,963 approved · 727 refused · 464 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Marquis Of Lorne 132 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DB
Received 20 Jan 2015Marquis Of Lorne 132 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DB
Received 20 Jan 2015Kentucky Fried Chicken 17 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 21 Jan 2015102 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JR
Received 22 Jan 201516 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QF
Received 22 Jan 20154 Magellan Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NF
Received 22 Jan 2015Rileys 2 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HU
Received 22 Jan 2015BP Petrol Filling Station Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EE
Received 23 Jan 2015Land Infront Of 2 - 148 Inskip Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1JY
Received 23 Jan 20151 Chequers Bridge Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LY
Received 23 Jan 2015St Joseph's Church Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts
Received 23 Jan 2015237 Shephall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9RL
Received 26 Jan 2015248 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4NF
Received 26 Jan 2015Comark House Gunnels Wood Park Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2TA
Received 26 Jan 2015Rooks Nest House Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 26 Jan 201559 Mandeville Stevenage Herts SG2 8JN
Received 28 Jan 20155 Tates Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4WP
Received 29 Jan 20159 Pembridge Gardens Stevenage Herts SG2 8BF
Received 29 Jan 2015On The Green Restaurant 11 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 30 Jan 201513 Bradman Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5RE
Received 30 Jan 2015Unit 5, Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 2 Feb 2015The Barn Stebbing Farm Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JB
Received 2 Feb 2015378 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AR
Received 2 Feb 201554 Shephall View Stevenage Herts SG1 1RW
Received 2 Feb 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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