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.
7,967 approved · 727 refused · 465 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Park View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PU
Received 20 Feb 20151 Town Square Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BP
Received 19 Feb 201577 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9AG
Received 20 Feb 201590 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8BA
Received 23 Feb 2015Virgin Media Technical Site Rear Of Cagex House Leyden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BP
Received 23 Feb 201532 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 23 Feb 2015Giles Junior School Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4JQ
Received 23 Feb 2015194 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 24 Feb 2015227 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LR
Received 24 Feb 2015Voyage Care 49 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BS
Received 25 Feb 201521 Symonds Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2HA
Received 25 Feb 201533 Manor View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PF
Received 26 Feb 2015142 Leaves Spring Stevenage Herts SG2 9BG
Received 26 Feb 2015Southgate House Southgate Stevenage Herts SG1 1HG
Received 27 Feb 201518 Orchard Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 3EW
Received 2 Mar 20157 Inskip Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1JX
Received 2 Mar 201550 Warwick Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0QS
Received 2 Mar 20153 Newlyn Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JD
Received 2 Mar 201540 Vinters Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 1QU
Received 3 Mar 201513 Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0HL
Received 3 Mar 2015Barnaby's 96 - 98 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 3 Mar 201514 Plash Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 1LW
Received 4 Mar 201544 Shoreham Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JF
Received 4 Mar 2015Kentucky Fried Chicken 17 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 5 Mar 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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