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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.
10,137 approved · 841 refused · 643 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Orwell Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3XT
Received 6 Feb 201718 Coopers Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9TL
Received 6 Feb 20173 Sacombe Mews Stevenage Herts SG2 8SB
Received 6 Feb 201733 Torquay Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2RQ
Received 7 Feb 20172 Barham Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HX
Received 6 Feb 2017Hertlands House Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EE
Received 6 Feb 201737 Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PD
Received 7 Feb 20176 Lower Sean Stevenage Herts SG2 9XN
Received 9 Feb 201714 Park View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PU
Received 10 Feb 20177 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AZ
Received 13 Feb 201714 Boxberry Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3NE
Received 14 Feb 201714 Boxberry Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3NE
Received 14 Feb 201748 Julia Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7QT
Received 15 Feb 20175 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JH
Received 15 Feb 20174 Hilton Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2SU
Received 15 Feb 201715 Paddocks Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9UD
Received 15 Feb 201757 Angotts Mead Stevenage Herts SG1 2NJ
Received 15 Feb 2017Land To The Rear Of 1 Aspen Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UH
Received 17 Feb 2017256 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5NA
Received 17 Feb 2017Unit 7B Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 17 Feb 2017DuPont (UK) Ltd Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4QN
Received 17 Feb 2017127 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5NN
Received 19 Feb 201730 Woodland Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BT
Received 20 Feb 201767 Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0LB
Received 21 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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