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.
8,070 approved · 736 refused · 475 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Standing Order 33 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AS
Received 16 Jul 201558 Ayr Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RZ
Received 20 Jul 2015Land At The Water Tower Meredith Road Stevenage Herts
Received 17 Jul 20156 Kessingland Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2JR
Received 20 Jul 201557 Siddons Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0PP
Received 20 Jul 201576 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4NB
Received 21 Jul 2015127 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NP
Received 21 Jul 2015St Nicholas JMI School Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0PZ
Received 23 Jul 2015Rectory Lane, Near The Firs Stevenage Herts
Received 22 Jul 201536 Dovedale Stevenage Herts SG2 9EP
Received 23 Jul 2015Unit 4, Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 24 Jul 201517 Wiltshire Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9DU
Received 24 Jul 2015Cygnet Hospital Graveley Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4YS
Received 24 Jul 201512 Hazelmere Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8RX
Received 27 Jul 201534 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JJ
Received 27 Jul 20153 Lawrence Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JX
Received 27 Jul 201516 Dawlish Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UQ
Received 27 Jul 2015Greenside School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 27 Jul 2015AVC Bessemer Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 2DT
Received 24 Jul 2015Knebworth & Marymead Medical Practice 18 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AZ
Received 28 Jul 2015Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 28 Jul 2015128 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DD
Received 28 Jul 2015Ashtree JMI School Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JQ
Received 28 Jul 201542 Trent Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RT
Received 28 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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