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.
10,070 approved · 839 refused · 638 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ET
Received 6 Jan 2017The Firs Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 6 Jan 201781 Kestrel Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9PB
Received 7 Jan 201720 Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RH
Received 9 Jan 201726 Aldock Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3SJ
Received 9 Jan 201786 Lingfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5SN
Received 10 Jan 2017105 And 107 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RB
Received 10 Jan 2017107 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RB
Received 10 Jan 201713 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9AB
Received 11 Jan 20179 Raban Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8JT
Received 11 Jan 2017Symonds Green Community Centre Filey Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JW
Received 11 Jan 2017Cromer House Caxton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DF
Received 11 Jan 20172 Newlyn Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JD
Received 11 Jan 2017Boots The Chemist, Unit 1C Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 12 Jan 201716 Downlands Stevenage Herts SG2 7BH
Received 12 Jan 201791 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 16 Jan 201791 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 16 Jan 20179 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 16 Jan 20172A Rowland Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1TE
Received 17 Jan 201732 Essex Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EX
Received 17 Jan 201717 Lincoln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PJ
Received 17 Jan 2017132 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5EU
Received 17 Jan 2017East Of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust 4 Babbage Road Stevenage Herts
Received 17 Jan 2017Bungalows To The Rear Of 206 And 208 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 17 Jan 2017Records 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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