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.
8,171 approved · 746 refused · 479 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Sweyns Mead Stevenage Herts SG2 0JZ
Received 16 Nov 201528 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 16 Nov 2015559 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DZ
Received 16 Nov 20153 Rudd Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9SP
Received 16 Nov 2015Meadway Stevenage Herts
Received 17 Nov 201536 Dovedale Stevenage Herts SG2 9EP
Received 18 Nov 20152 Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QR
Received 18 Nov 2015Former John Lewis Plc Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EH
Received 19 Nov 2015Former John Lewis Plc Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EH
Received 19 Nov 20152 Chouler Gardens Stevenage Herts SG1 4TB
Received 19 Nov 20155 Aspen Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SJ
Received 19 Nov 2015Smilin Sams 1 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 19 Nov 2015Unit A Mindenhall Court, 17A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 20 Nov 2015Six Hills House London Road Stevenage Herts
Received 20 Nov 20155 Wheatlands Stevenage Herts SG2 0JT
Received 19 Nov 201567 Gordian Way Stevenage Herts SG2 7QH
Received 23 Nov 2015Norton Green Farm Barn Chadwell Road Norton Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2DS
Received 23 Nov 2015Norton Green Farm Barn Chadwell Road Norton Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2DS
Received 23 Nov 2015Arriva The Shires Babbage Road Stevenage Herts
Received 23 Nov 2015Unit 4B Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 23 Nov 201529 Longfields Stevenage Herts SG2 8QD
Received 24 Nov 201527 Ascot Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 5SS
Received 25 Nov 2015Land Rear Of 129 - 145 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RB
Received 26 Nov 2015TGI Friday's 1 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 27 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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