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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.
8,275 approved · 757 refused · 488 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
76 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QE
Received 12 May 201687 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NP
Received 16 May 2016168 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4DL
Received 16 May 201630 Park Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8PX
Received 12 May 201618 Lymington Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PE
Received 12 May 201629 Linkways Stevenage Herts SG1 1PR
Received 12 May 2016513 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4EQ
Received 16 May 2016348 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5ND
Received 17 May 201627 Granby Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AR
Received 18 May 201634 Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8LR
Received 18 May 2016418 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5BQ
Received 19 May 201614 Sheringham Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2JU
Received 19 May 2016Antelope House, Ardent House, Atlantic House And Sheffield House Gates Way Stevenage Herts
Received 19 May 20161 Barham Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HX
Received 20 May 2016The Cromwell Hotel 25 - 27 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AZ
Received 20 May 201620 Calder Way Stevenage Herts
Received 20 May 2016Co-Operative, 14 - 18 The Oval Stevenage Herts SG1 5RB
Received 21 May 201625 Ashdown Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8TX
Received 24 May 20162 Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LH
Received 24 May 2016Ripon Road Childrens Home 330-332 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4NG
Received 24 May 201629 Town Square Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BP
Received 26 May 201641 The Pastures Stevenage Herts SG2 7DF
Received 27 May 2016Junction Of Broadhall Way And Hertford Road Stevenage Herts
Received 26 May 201622 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JN
Received 27 May 2016Records 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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