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.
8,097 approved · 739 refused · 475 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Frankie & Benny's 12 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 21 Aug 2015Hampson Park Webb Rise Stevenage Herts
Received 20 Aug 2015Keepers Cottage Weston Road Stevenage Herts
Received 21 Aug 2015The Gatehouse 2 Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 21 Aug 201552 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JG
Received 24 Aug 201594 Chepstow Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5TT
Received 24 Aug 2015120 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HN
Received 25 Aug 201532 Ayr Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RZ
Received 25 Aug 20151 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 25 Aug 201513 St. Davids Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4UZ
Received 26 Aug 2015200 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QX
Received 26 Aug 2015338 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EX
Received 26 Aug 201566 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2HY
Received 27 Aug 2015Land Adj To 47 Breakspear Stevenage Herts SG2 9SQ
Received 28 Aug 2015Benoni Symonds Green Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 2HP
Received 28 Aug 2015134 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QN
Received 31 Aug 201521 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JL
Received 2 Sept 2015Stevenage Packaging 162 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3LL
Received 1 Sept 201586 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DN
Received 3 Sept 201512 Frobisher Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 0HH
Received 3 Sept 20151 Willows Link Stevenage Herts SG2 8AR
Received 4 Sept 2015KPS Wines 18 The Glebe Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0DJ
Received 7 Sept 2015KPS Wines 18 The Glebe Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0DJ
Received 7 Sept 2015Dominic Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 7 Sept 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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