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.
9,790 approved · 834 refused · 624 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Oct 2001 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
100 Hayfield Stevenage Herts SG2 7JR
Received 30 Jun 2016Belvue House Bell Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3HW
Received 30 Jun 20165 Six Bells Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 9SF
Received 1 Jul 201618 Compton Place Stevenage Herts SG1 4FN
Received 1 Jul 2016Land Bounded By Bragbury Lane, Pembridge Gardens And Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts
Received 4 Jul 20162 Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LH
Received 4 Jul 20161 Chequers Bridge Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LY
Received 4 Jul 201680 Priestley Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0BP
Received 4 Jul 2016Brixham Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 6 Jul 201619 West Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1PW
Received 6 Jul 2016Roundabout At Junction Of Stevenage Road Fairlands Way And Gresley Way Stevenage
Received 6 Jul 201619 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2HU
Received 7 Jul 2016Ardent House, Antelope House, Atlantic House, Sheffield House Gates Way Stevenage Herts
Received 8 Jul 201659 Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RW
Received 8 Jul 20162 Broom Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 1UR
Received 4 Jul 20166 Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QR
Received 4 Jul 201628 Balmoral Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UA
Received 6 Jul 2016412 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5NE
Received 8 Jul 20167 Poppy Mead Stevenage Herts SG1 1QZ
Received 11 Jul 20163 Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QS
Received 11 Jul 201622 Knebworth Gate London Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DF
Received 7 Jul 201622 - 24 The Glebe Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0DJ
Received 8 Jul 201663 Warwick Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0QT
Received 11 Jul 201670 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JH
Received 12 Jul 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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