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.
8,074 approved · 736 refused · 475 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 6 Fulton Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2AF
Received 28 Jul 2015Bombay Restaurant 77-79 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HR
Received 28 Jul 2015Cromer House Caxton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DF
Received 29 Jul 2015Delbanco Meyer & Co Ltd Bessemer Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 2DL
Received 30 Jul 2015Land To The Rear Of 46 To 48 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 30 Jul 20152 Bridge Road West Stevenage Herts SG1 2XH
Received 31 Jul 201513 Park View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PU
Received 29 Jul 20153A Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 1 Aug 201584 Hayfield Stevenage Herts SG2 7JR
Received 3 Aug 201548A Longfields Stevenage Herts SG2 8QB
Received 3 Aug 2015War Memorial Bowling Green Stevenage Herts
Received 3 Aug 2015Pandora 50 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EE
Received 3 Aug 2015177 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LR
Received 4 Aug 20152 Victoria Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3PB
Received 31 Jul 2015Units 4A, 4B And 4C Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 4 Aug 2015Shangri La Farm Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 4 Aug 2015Courtlands Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 4 Aug 20153 Nicholas Place Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BZ
Received 4 Aug 201571 Wigram Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9XA
Received 5 Aug 201576 Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0LF
Received 5 Aug 20151 Town Square Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BP
Received 5 Aug 2015Six Hills House London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1YB
Received 5 Aug 2015J Sainsbury Plc Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 7 Aug 2015McDonalds Restaurants Ltd Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 7 Aug 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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