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.
8,158 approved · 742 refused · 479 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Dec 2005 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
126 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JT
Received 26 Oct 2015Co-Op 14 The Hyde Stevenage Herts SG2 9SE
Received 28 Oct 2015350 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EZ
Received 28 Oct 201583 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts SG2 7DS
Received 30 Oct 201529 Longfields Stevenage Herts SG2 8QD
Received 30 Oct 2015The Taste Of India 48A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EF
Received 2 Nov 201532 Marymead Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AA
Received 2 Nov 201518 St. Margarets Stevenage Herts SG2 8RG
Received 2 Nov 2015Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 3 Nov 2015113 The Pastures Stevenage Herts SG2 7DF
Received 3 Nov 2015134 The Paddocks Stevenage Herts SG2 9UF
Received 6 Nov 2015Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 6 Nov 201573 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TD
Received 6 Nov 201519 Woodland Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BU
Received 9 Nov 20159 Daltry Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AW
Received 10 Nov 2015Gunnels Wood Park Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BH
Received 10 Nov 20155 Lygrave Stevenage Herts SG2 8JZ
Received 10 Nov 201553 Lime Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QB
Received 11 Nov 201574 Hopton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LD
Received 11 Nov 201525 Boulton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QX
Received 12 Nov 201547 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 12 Nov 2015412 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AS
Received 13 Nov 201522 Kestrel Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9PB
Received 13 Nov 2015McDonalds 14 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 13 Nov 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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