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.
8,204 approved · 751 refused · 483 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adj To Roaring Meg Retail Park South London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 20 Jan 2016186 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JQ
Received 21 Jan 2016Stevenage Rugby Club Stevenage Sports Club North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BB
Received 21 Jan 20168 Badgers Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1UH
Received 22 Jan 20164 Bernhardt Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0DR
Received 25 Jan 2016137 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LP
Received 25 Jan 201683 Augustus Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7QY
Received 25 Jan 201637 The Oval Stevenage Herts SG1 5RD
Received 25 Jan 2016298 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5NA
Received 26 Jan 201612 Burns Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0JN
Received 25 Jan 201628 Carters Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QA
Received 26 Jan 2016Unit 5 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 27 Jan 2016St. Pauls Court Stevenage Herts SG2 8DN
Received 27 Jan 20161 The Mews Whitney Wood Stevenage Herts SG1 4FJ
Received 27 Jan 2016Unit 4C Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 27 Jan 201614 Four Acres Stevenage Herts SG1 3PJ
Received 28 Jan 201629 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 29 Jan 201689 Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RY
Received 30 Jan 20162 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AA
Received 1 Feb 201632 Franklins Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BP
Received 1 Feb 2016Fix Auto Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BT
Received 2 Feb 201649 Epsom Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5TE
Received 2 Feb 201636 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts SG2 7DR
Received 2 Feb 2016Q1-Q4 Caxton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DF
Received 3 Feb 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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