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.
9,933 approved · 837 refused · 633 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Cromwell Hotel 25 - 27 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AZ
Received 26 Sept 201626 Aldock Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3SJ
Received 26 Sept 201614 Marlborough Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HW
Received 27 Sept 2016103 Lingfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5SQ
Received 27 Sept 2016194 Scarborough Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2HW
Received 27 Sept 201663 Trumper Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JZ
Received 28 Sept 20164 Norton Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2DP
Received 28 Sept 201612 Hadwell Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9DR
Received 29 Sept 2016Ardent House Gates Way Stevenage Herts
Received 29 Sept 20163 Drapers Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3DT
Received 29 Sept 2016Debenhams, Unit 5 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 30 Sept 201626 Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 2 Oct 20162 Wood Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8PA
Received 3 Oct 20162 Brook Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8TT
Received 3 Oct 201672 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9EA
Received 4 Oct 201624 Howarde Court High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DF
Received 4 Oct 20167 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts
Received 6 Oct 201627 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BD
Received 6 Oct 201617 Chester Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4JX
Received 6 Oct 201670 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QE
Received 6 Oct 201659 Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RW
Received 10 Oct 201625 Bragbury Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8TJ
Received 11 Oct 2016Corner House Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QA
Received 11 Oct 2016436 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5BQ
Received 11 Oct 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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