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.
9,886 approved · 837 refused · 631 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
The Fisherman Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 17 Aug 201613 Manor View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PD
Received 18 Aug 2016The Birches Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 18 Aug 20162 Lodge Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8DB
Received 21 Aug 201615 Paddocks Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9UD
Received 22 Aug 201613 Dawlish Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UQ
Received 23 Aug 20167 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BE
Received 24 Aug 2016Land On The West Side Of Bragbury Lane And South Of Pembridge Gardens Stevenage Herts
Received 24 Aug 2016Pin Green Community Centre 291 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5HF
Received 25 Aug 201615 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EQ
Received 25 Aug 2016Land Adjacent To 32 Park View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PS
Received 25 Aug 201613 Thurlow Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SD
Received 25 Aug 20167 Six Bells Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 9SF
Received 26 Aug 2016330-332 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4NG
Received 26 Aug 201631 Grenville Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8XZ
Received 30 Aug 2016North Hertfordshire College Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 30 Aug 2016Land Rear Of 31 Frobisher Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 0HJ
Received 30 Aug 201631 Grenville Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8XZ
Received 30 Aug 20163 Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 30 Aug 201637 The Oval Stevenage Herts SG1 5RD
Received 31 Aug 2016Unit 7B Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 31 Aug 201642 Tamar Close Stevenage Herts SG1 6AS
Received 2 Sept 20167 Holly Leys Stevenage Herts SG2 8JA
Received 2 Sept 201669 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 2 Sept 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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