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.
8,215 approved · 751 refused · 483 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 3 Feb 20168 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JJ
Received 4 Feb 2016Allied Bakeries Cartwright Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QA
Received 4 Feb 201690 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JR
Received 4 Feb 2016Cromer House Caxton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DF
Received 5 Feb 20167 Tudor Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4DB
Received 5 Feb 201619 Woodland Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BU
Received 8 Feb 2016Units 1 - 5 Leyden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BW
Received 5 Feb 201651 Featherston Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9PN
Received 8 Feb 2016ASDA Stores Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 8 Feb 2016Park Plaza Park Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DU
Received 9 Feb 201619 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2HU
Received 9 Feb 20168 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FD
Received 9 Feb 2016Rear Of Waitrose Supermarket 74A High Street Stevenage Herts
Received 11 Feb 201611 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0EQ
Received 11 Feb 201637 The Oval Stevenage Herts SG1 5RD
Received 11 Feb 201637 The Oval Stevenage Herts SG1 5RD
Received 11 Feb 2016Land Rear Of 129 - 145 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RB
Received 12 Feb 201615 Kessingland Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2JR
Received 15 Feb 201620 Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9ER
Received 14 Feb 2016210 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 12 Feb 2016Rooks Nest House Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 15 Feb 201622 Fresson Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QU
Received 15 Feb 20161 Kessingland Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2JR
Received 16 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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