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.
8,025 approved · 734 refused · 472 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 5 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 30 May 201565 Mildmay Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RR
Received 1 Jun 2015Unit 5 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 1 Jun 201518 Kennett Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3XU
Received 1 Jun 2015291 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LT
Received 2 Jun 201577 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts SG2 7DS
Received 2 Jun 20154 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AN
Received 1 Jun 2015Land Adj To 88 Marlborough Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HL
Received 2 Jun 201533 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BQ
Received 4 Jun 201544 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2HY
Received 4 Jun 2015155 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4EY
Received 4 Jun 20152 Symonds Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2HA
Received 4 Jun 2015Land To The Rear Of 129 To 145 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RB
Received 5 Jun 2015UNIT 7B Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 5 Jun 2015Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 5 Jun 201536 Orchard Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 3EN
Received 8 Jun 2015Larwood School Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QU
Received 9 Jun 2015Southgate House Southgate Stevenage Herts SG1 1HG
Received 9 Jun 2015The Water Tower Meredith Road Stevenage Herts
Received 9 Jun 201589 Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RY
Received 9 Jun 2015Camps Hill Jmi School Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0LT
Received 10 Jun 2015The Co-op Pharmacy 108 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EE
Received 11 Jun 201518 Orchard Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 3EW
Received 11 Jun 2015564 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4NL
Received 11 Jun 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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