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.
8,056 approved · 736 refused · 472 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Vincent Court Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts
Received 3 Jul 20152 Paddocks Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9UD
Received 6 Jul 201525 Boulton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QX
Received 3 Jul 2015J Sainsbury Plc Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 7 Jul 2015J Sainsbury Plc Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 7 Jul 201540 Ascot Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 5SB
Received 8 Jul 2015Alchemy Metals Ltd, Cavendish Point Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EG
Received 8 Jul 2015Cromer House Caxton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DF
Received 9 Jul 20159 Lammas Path Stevenage Herts SG2 9RN
Received 9 Jul 2015504 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4ED
Received 9 Jul 2015Unit 3 & 4 The Plaza Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1PF
Received 9 Jul 201590 Sefton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RL
Received 10 Jul 201521 Colts Corner Stevenage Herts SG2 9UG
Received 13 Jul 201525 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DA
Received 13 Jul 2015127 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RE
Received 13 Jul 2015114 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 11 Jul 2015Priory Meadow Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 10 Jul 201511 St. Davids Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4UZ
Received 13 Jul 201556 Brick Kiln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NH
Received 13 Jul 20153 Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QS
Received 14 Jul 20153 Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QS
Received 14 Jul 201524 Edmonds Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9TH
Received 10 Jul 201531 Chalkdown Stevenage Herts SG2 7BG
Received 14 Jul 2015Lampost One, Close To Junction With Grace Way Almonds Lane Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Jul 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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