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.
7,965 approved · 727 refused · 464 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
White Lion 60 - 62 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EA
Received 2 Feb 2015White Lion 60 - 62 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EA
Received 2 Feb 2015Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 5 Feb 2015Six Hills House London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1YB
Received 5 Feb 201547 Hayley Common Stevenage Herts SG2 9JZ
Received 6 Feb 20153 And 4 Ditchmore Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LJ
Received 6 Feb 2015187 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9BX
Received 9 Feb 201556 Brick Kiln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NH
Received 9 Feb 201544 Angotts Mead Stevenage Herts SG1 2NJ
Received 9 Feb 201568 Colestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1RD
Received 10 Feb 201510 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 12 Feb 201513 Bradman Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5RE
Received 12 Feb 2015120 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DE
Received 13 Feb 2015Marriotts School Telford Avenue Stevenage Herts
Received 13 Feb 20159 Speke Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NQ
Received 16 Feb 2015136 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 17 Feb 201528 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EH
Received 17 Feb 201571 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DN
Received 17 Feb 2015135 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LP
Received 18 Feb 201559 Mandeville Stevenage Herts SG2 8JN
Received 18 Feb 2015Land At Chadwell Road Norton Green Stevenage Herts
Received 18 Feb 2015Crofton Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 19 Feb 201513 The Oval Stevenage Herts SG1 5RA
Received 19 Feb 2015227 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LR
Received 19 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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