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.
8,242 approved · 755 refused · 485 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1LT
Received 14 Mar 20161 Whomerley Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1SP
Received 14 Mar 2016The Mallard 37 Julians Road Stevenage Herts
Received 14 Mar 20162 Daltry Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AW
Received 14 Mar 201691 Vinters Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 1QU
Received 14 Mar 201624 Edmonds Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9TH
Received 15 Mar 2016Southgate House Southgate Stevenage Herts SG1 1AR
Received 15 Mar 2016Unit 2 Oaklands Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XW
Received 15 Mar 201610 Gorleston Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JS
Received 15 Mar 2016418 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5BQ
Received 16 Mar 2016Antelope House, Ardent House, Atlantic House And Sheffield House Gates Way Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Mar 2016Ashenhurst Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 16 Mar 2016Old Smithy 1 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DR
Received 16 Mar 2016Old Smithy 1 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DR
Received 16 Mar 2016The Cromwell Hotel 25 - 27 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AZ
Received 17 Mar 201612 Chester Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LD
Received 18 Mar 2016MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 18 Mar 201637 The Oundle Stevenage Herts SG2 8JY
Received 18 Mar 201640 Trajan Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7QG
Received 18 Mar 201693 Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0HZ
Received 21 Mar 2016ASDA Stores Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 21 Mar 201695 Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RY
Received 22 Mar 2016143 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NP
Received 22 Mar 2016Tarrant Court Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RG
Received 21 Mar 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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