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.
8,130 approved · 740 refused · 478 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Units 1-5 Leyden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BW
Received 2 Oct 201520 Ranworth Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 8SL
Received 5 Oct 2015The Olde Cottage High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 2 Oct 201531 Park View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PU
Received 5 Oct 2015Junction Of Chells Way And Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts
Received 5 Oct 20155 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 5 Oct 2015McDonalds Restaurants Ltd Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 5 Oct 20159 Burwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9RQ
Received 10 Nov 201529 Burymead Stevenage Herts SG1 4AX
Received 6 Oct 201523 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BW
Received 7 Oct 201528 Colestrete Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1RG
Received 7 Oct 2015172 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NE
Received 8 Oct 2015352 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AP
Received 8 Oct 201543 Manor View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PF
Received 12 Oct 2015Cygnet Hospital Graveley Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4YS
Received 12 Oct 2015Bombay Restaurant 77-79 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HR
Received 13 Oct 2015Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AA
Received 13 Oct 201532 Edison Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0DG
Received 14 Oct 2015The Man In The Moon 271 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8ET
Received 14 Oct 2015Lamp Post 40, Clovelly Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2LH
Received 14 Oct 2015Lamp Post 228, Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts
Received 14 Oct 201592 Shephall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9QH
Received 15 Oct 2015Foxholm 28 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AH
Received 15 Oct 2015Vincent Court Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Oct 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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