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.
9,903 approved · 837 refused · 632 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
64 Grove Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3NU
Received 2 Sept 20166 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ES
Received 2 Sept 201632 Beane Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 7DL
Received 2 Sept 201619 West Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1PW
Received 5 Sept 201627 Briardale Stevenage Herts SG1 1TR
Received 5 Sept 201624 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EU
Received 5 Sept 201625 Wood Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8NX
Received 6 Sept 201651 Montfichet Walk Stevenage Herts SG2 7DT
Received 6 Sept 201637 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AR
Received 6 Sept 201662 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2HY
Received 6 Sept 201651 Mandeville Stevenage Herts SG2 8JJ
Received 7 Sept 201677 Wheatlands Stevenage Herts SG2 0JU
Received 8 Sept 2016123 - 125 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 9 Sept 2016123 - 125 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 9 Sept 20165 Bragbury Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UL
Received 9 Sept 20167 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JH
Received 9 Sept 201620 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ET
Received 9 Sept 2016Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 9 Sept 20162A Rowland Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1TE
Received 10 Sept 2016Broadwater Service Station Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts
Received 12 Sept 2016Broadwater Service Station Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts
Received 12 Sept 2016Land Adjacent To 79 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 12 Sept 2016195 Verity Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5PS
Received 12 Sept 20162A Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HU
Received 13 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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