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.
8,224 approved · 753 refused · 483 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rileys 2 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HU
Received 16 Feb 201614 Kenmare Close Stevenage Herts
Received 17 Feb 2016Londis 279 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5HF
Received 17 Feb 20166 Severn Way Stevenage Herts
Received 17 Feb 2016Land Rear Of 129 - 145 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RB
Received 17 Feb 2016185 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 17 Feb 2016Maxet House Gates Way Stevenage Herts
Received 17 Feb 2016Airbus Defence & Space Ltd Argyle Way Stevenage Herts
Received 18 Feb 2016103 Jackdaw Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9DB
Received 18 Feb 2016Shell Stevenage Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5ES
Received 19 Feb 2016115 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PS
Received 22 Feb 201612 Frobisher Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 0HH
Received 23 Feb 2016Lampost 228 Close To Junction With Six Hills Way Brittain Way Stevenage Herts
Received 22 Feb 2016Lamp Post 40 Clovelly Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2LH
Received 22 Feb 2016Shepperton Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 23 Feb 201634 Lime Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QB
Received 23 Feb 201667 Montfichet Walk Stevenage Herts SG2 7DT
Received 24 Feb 2016456 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JL
Received 24 Feb 201631 Park View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PU
Received 25 Feb 2016187 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 25 Feb 2016Turnpike Close Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BX
Received 26 Feb 201666 Wildwood Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 1TB
Received 26 Feb 201631 Grenville Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8XZ
Received 26 Feb 20165 Whitesmead Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3LB
Received 29 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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