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.
8,144 approved · 741 refused · 479 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 6 Fulton Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2AF
Received 15 Oct 201514 Foster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SA
Received 16 Oct 2015Stevenage Borough Football Club Broadhall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RH
Received 16 Oct 2015Follett House Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EE
Received 16 Oct 201552 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BJ
Received 19 Oct 2015248 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4NF
Received 19 Oct 201539 Ashdown Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8TX
Received 19 Oct 201562 Beane Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 7DL
Received 19 Oct 2015244 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JG
Received 19 Oct 2015Co-Op 247 - 249 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8ET
Received 19 Oct 20153A Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 20 Oct 2015Kentucky Fried Chicken 17 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 20 Oct 2015122 Derby Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5TL
Received 21 Oct 20156 Shackleton Spring Stevenage Herts SG2 9DF
Received 21 Oct 2015Aldi Stores Fairlands Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1FZ
Received 21 Oct 201529 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 22 Oct 201562 Gordian Way Stevenage Herts SG2 7QH
Received 23 Oct 201566 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 23 Oct 2015Smilin Sams 1 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 26 Oct 201512 Chester Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LD
Received 27 Oct 201532 Grenville Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8XZ
Received 23 Oct 20159 Bawdsey Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2LA
Received 27 Oct 201527 Glenwood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QT
Received 26 Oct 2015The Mallard 37 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ES
Received 27 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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