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.
10,097 approved · 840 refused · 639 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Giles Infants School Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4JQ
Received 18 Jan 201710 Oundle Path Stevenage Herts SG2 8LA
Received 19 Jan 20171-11 Apollo Way Stevenage Herts SG2 7QU
Received 19 Jan 2017Sainsbury's Plc Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 20 Jan 201711 Ayr Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RZ
Received 19 Jan 201713-23 Apollo Way Stevenage Herts SG2 7QU
Received 19 Jan 201761-75 Apollo Way Stevenage Herts SG2 7QU
Received 19 Jan 2017Cotter House Cherwell Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 19 Jan 20174-7 Columbus Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NA
Received 19 Jan 20178-11 Columbus Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NA
Received 19 Jan 201720-23 Columbus Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NA
Received 19 Jan 201724-25 Columbus Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NA
Received 19 Jan 201738 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FD
Received 20 Jan 201753 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 20 Jan 201761 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 21 Jan 201739 Beane Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 7DL
Received 21 Jan 201715 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AZ
Received 23 Jan 201721 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 23 Jan 201723 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BE
Received 23 Jan 201782 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 24 Jan 201758 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NR
Received 24 Jan 201717 Morecambe Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2AZ
Received 26 Jan 201745 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DB
Received 26 Jan 2017Mercedes-Benz Stevenage Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BT
Received 26 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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