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.
8,033 approved · 736 refused · 472 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
57 High Street High Street Stevenage Herts
Received 12 Jun 20153 Bragbury Barns Pembridge Gardens Stevenage Herts SG2 8BQ
Received 11 Jun 2015Brickdale House Danestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1XQ
Received 12 Jun 201511 Fieldcroft Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3DX
Received 15 Jun 201512 Bowcock Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 1SZ
Received 15 Jun 2015Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 15 Jun 2015120 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DE
Received 15 Jun 201568 Colestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1RD
Received 16 Jun 2015The Man In The Moon 271 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8ET
Received 16 Jun 201524 Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LJ
Received 16 Jun 201510 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HE
Received 17 Jun 201552 Edmonds Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9TH
Received 17 Jun 20151 Colestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1RB
Received 18 Jun 201517 Wiltshire Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9DU
Received 18 Jun 2015Peartree Junior & Middle School Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9GG
Received 18 Jun 2015MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 18 Jun 20152, 3 And 4 Wilton Cottages Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QR
Received 19 Jun 20157 Olde Swann Court Stevenage Herts SG1 3WB
Received 22 Jun 201544 Shoreham Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JF
Received 19 Jun 201550 Barnwell Stevenage Herts SG2 9SN
Received 19 Jun 201556 And 58 The Willows Stevenage Herts SG2 8AP
Received 18 Jun 2015Shangri La Farm Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 19 Jun 2015Maxet House Gates Way Stevenage Herts
Received 23 Jun 2015Antelope House, Ardent House, Atlantic House & Sheffield House Gates Way Stevenage Herts
Received 23 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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