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.
8,004 approved · 733 refused · 471 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 May 2006 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Sweyns Mead Stevenage Herts SG2 0JZ
Received 28 Apr 2015Keepers Cottage Weston Road Stevenage Herts
Received 29 Apr 201521 Woodland Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BU
Received 29 Apr 2015DuPont (UK) Ltd Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4QN
Received 1 May 2015Q3 Building Caxton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DF
Received 1 May 2015574 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4EG
Received 4 May 201562 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TE
Received 5 May 20151 Fir Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8DA
Received 5 May 2015Smilin Sams 1 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 6 May 2015228 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4NF
Received 6 May 201536 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9XJ
Received 5 May 201560 Southwark Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4PQ
Received 7 May 201524 Kessingland Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2JR
Received 7 May 20158 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JJ
Received 7 May 20159 Pembridge Gardens Stevenage Herts SG2 8BF
Received 8 May 20158 Pembridge Gardens Stevenage Herts SG2 8BF
Received 8 May 2015Wayside Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BX
Received 11 May 2015The Mallard 37 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ES
Received 11 May 2015The Mallard 37 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ES
Received 11 May 2015Brickdale House Danestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1XQ
Received 12 May 201533 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts SG2 7DR
Received 14 May 2015Land At Norton Road Stevenage Herts
Received 14 May 2015Commercial Ceiling Factors Ltd Babbage Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EB
Received 15 May 2015Bridon Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 15 May 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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