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.
10,032 approved · 838 refused · 638 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
162 Telford Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 0AT
Received 7 Dec 2016109 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TD
Received 7 Dec 2016101 Ferrier Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0PE
Received 8 Dec 201662 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NR
Received 8 Dec 2016446 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HD
Received 8 Dec 20162 Thurlow Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SD
Received 9 Dec 20166 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HD
Received 12 Dec 201675 Four Acres Stevenage Herts SG1 3PJ
Received 12 Dec 201633 Harvey Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0BE
Received 12 Dec 201665 Ely Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4NP
Received 12 Dec 20162,6, 7 And 8 Rooks Nest Cottages Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 13 Dec 201615-29 (odd) And 14-38 (even) Park Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DP
Received 13 Dec 201615-29 (odd) And 14-38 (even) Park Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DP
Received 13 Dec 20162 Angotts Mead Stevenage Herts SG1 2NJ
Received 14 Dec 201679 Sefton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RL
Received 14 Dec 20162 Bridge Road West Stevenage Herts SG1 2XH
Received 15 Dec 2016327 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LT
Received 15 Dec 201614 Scott Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0BZ
Received 16 Dec 2016Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 19 Dec 2016Platform Gates Way Stevenage Herts
Received 19 Dec 2016170 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NE
Received 19 Dec 201614 Plash Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 1LW
Received 19 Dec 20161 Colestrete Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1RF
Received 20 Dec 2016MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 20 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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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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