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.
7,989 approved · 730 refused · 469 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brickdale House Danestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1XQ
Received 1 Apr 20156 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JJ
Received 27 Mar 201535 Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9ER
Received 27 Mar 201520 Trafford Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RY
Received 28 Mar 201517 Kings Walden Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 0JX
Received 31 Mar 201561 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4ET
Received 1 Apr 201567 Hayley Common Stevenage Herts SG2 9JZ
Received 1 Apr 2015Currys UNIT 10 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts
Received 2 Apr 201544 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PX
Received 2 Apr 20151 Ridlins End Stevenage Herts SG2 9QZ
Received 6 Apr 20157 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 8 Apr 201576 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8QW
Received 9 Apr 2015Broadwater Service Station Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts
Received 9 Apr 201531 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ES
Received 10 Apr 20153 Hastings Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JG
Received 13 Apr 2015Former BP Petrol Filling Station Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EE
Received 14 Apr 2015Land At Ridlins End Stevenage Herts SG2 9QZ
Received 14 Apr 2015National Westminster Bank 26 - 28 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BS
Received 15 Apr 2015Lytton Way Service Station Lytton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1HH
Received 15 Apr 2015Leys JMI School Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QZ
Received 16 Apr 201513 Franklins Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BW
Received 17 Apr 2015Kandola Food Stores 64 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SJ
Received 17 Apr 2015Kandola Food Stores 64 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SJ
Received 17 Apr 2015Shephalbury Sports Centre Broadhall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9BN
Received 16 Apr 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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