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.
8,180 approved · 748 refused · 479 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TGI Friday's 1 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 27 Nov 2015112 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 30 Nov 2015112 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 30 Nov 201539 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1LU
Received 30 Nov 2015Bridon Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 1 Dec 2015Old Smithy 1 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DR
Received 2 Dec 2015Old Smithy 1 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DR
Received 2 Dec 2015Stevenage Swimming Pool St. Georges Way Stevenage Herts
Received 2 Dec 2015Stevenage Swimming Pool St. Georges Way Stevenage Herts
Received 2 Dec 2015551 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DZ
Received 3 Dec 2015Benoni Symonds Green Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 2HP
Received 4 Dec 201518 Scott Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0BZ
Received 7 Dec 201511 Eastgate Stevenage Herts SG1 1EW
Received 7 Dec 20151 The Glebe Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0DL
Received 7 Dec 2015Airbus Defence And Space Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2DB
Received 7 Dec 20157 Inskip Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1JX
Received 8 Dec 201546 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QF
Received 8 Dec 2015Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 9 Dec 2015108 The Paddocks Stevenage Herts SG2 9UE
Received 10 Dec 201549 Longfields Stevenage Herts SG2 8QB
Received 10 Dec 2015125 Wigram Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9UT
Received 10 Dec 2015162 Telford Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 0AT
Received 11 Dec 201522 The Oval Stevenage Herts SG1 5RB
Received 11 Dec 20156 Cameron Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0HG
Received 14 Dec 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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