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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.
7,976 approved · 728 refused · 467 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Alleyns Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PG
Received 5 Mar 20152 Newgate Stevenage Herts SG2 9DS
Received 5 Mar 2015Unit 13 Wedgwood Court Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4QR
Received 6 Mar 2015132 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4ND
Received 10 Mar 201511 Stanley Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0EF
Received 10 Mar 201538 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PX
Received 10 Mar 201558 Ferrier Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0NU
Received 12 Mar 201530 Austen Paths Stevenage Herts SG2 0NR
Received 12 Mar 201530 Austen Paths Stevenage Herts SG2 0NR
Received 12 Mar 2015486 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AU
Received 12 Mar 201528 Chester Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LD
Received 13 Mar 201594 Chepstow Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5TT
Received 13 Mar 2015181 Sefton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RP
Received 13 Mar 2015Aldi Stores Fairlands Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1FZ
Received 17 Mar 2015Bridon Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 17 Mar 20158 Brixham Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2RU
Received 17 Mar 20151 Chouler Gardens Stevenage Herts SG1 4TB
Received 17 Mar 2015Keepers Cottage Weston Road Stevenage Herts
Received 18 Mar 2015J Sainsbury Plc Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 18 Mar 2015Balbir House Vishkarma Park Norton Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LP
Received 18 Mar 201581 Marlborough Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HL
Received 19 Mar 201511 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BE
Received 19 Mar 201582 Priestley Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0BP
Received 19 Mar 2015Barnaby's 96 - 98 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 20 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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