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.
10,111 approved · 841 refused · 641 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
115 Drakes Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 0HA
Received 27 Jan 20171 Fir Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8DA
Received 27 Jan 201746 Meadow Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1QQ
Received 27 Jan 2017Greenside Special School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 27 Jan 2017Specsavers Opticians 90 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EG
Received 27 Jan 2017Twin Foxes 54 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SJ
Received 27 Jan 201776 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JH
Received 30 Jan 201745 Cromwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HU
Received 30 Jan 201713 Bradman Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5RE
Received 31 Jan 201752 St. Margarets Stevenage Herts SG2 8RF
Received 31 Jan 201769 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9EA
Received 31 Jan 201710 Lodge Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8DB
Received 31 Jan 201721 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8BA
Received 31 Jan 20175 Fresson Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QU
Received 31 Jan 201770 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JH
Received 31 Jan 2017Land On Southern Highways Verge Of Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AA
Received 1 Feb 2017171 Wigram Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9UJ
Received 2 Feb 2017Twin Foxes 54 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SJ
Received 2 Feb 2017Pizza Hut, Unit 8 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 2 Feb 20171 Ridlins End Stevenage Herts SG2 9QZ
Received 3 Feb 2017Land Rear Of 15 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1LT
Received 3 Feb 20176 Cornfields Stevenage Herts SG2 7RB
Received 6 Feb 20171 Bragbury Barns Pembridge Gardens Stevenage Herts SG2 8BQ
Received 6 Feb 201712 Orwell Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3XT
Received 6 Feb 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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