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.
10,014 approved · 838 refused · 638 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
92 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2HZ
Received 21 Nov 2016Unit 5 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 23 Nov 201634 Edison Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0DG
Received 23 Nov 20168 Magellan Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NF
Received 23 Nov 2016128 And 126 Shephall View Stevenage Herts SG1 1RR
Received 23 Nov 2016105 Austen Paths Stevenage Herts SG2 0NN
Received 23 Nov 201690 Wansbeck Close Stevenage Herts
Received 24 Nov 2016228 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HL
Received 25 Nov 201616 Elm Walk Stevenage Herts SG2 9UY
Received 25 Nov 2016176 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5EX
Received 26 Nov 201615 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EQ
Received 28 Nov 20162 Victoria Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3PB
Received 28 Nov 201645 Elbow Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8LN
Received 30 Nov 201618 Wetherby Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RX
Received 30 Nov 201626 Boswell Gardens Stevenage Herts SG1 4SB
Received 30 Nov 2016MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 30 Nov 201625 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JH
Received 30 Nov 201623 Fry Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0QQ
Received 1 Dec 2016Land Adjacent To 7A North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BD
Received 2 Dec 201641 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EJ
Received 5 Dec 2016409 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DS
Received 5 Dec 20164 Foster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SA
Received 6 Dec 2016MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 7 Dec 2016Bragbury End Stevenage Herts
Received 7 Dec 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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