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.
10,180 approved · 841 refused · 648 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
109 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TD
Received 2 Mar 201712 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 4 Mar 201759 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 6 Mar 2017Twin Foxes 54 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SJ
Received 6 Mar 201763 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8SE
Received 6 Mar 201735 Rookwood Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8PH
Received 6 Mar 201731 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JL
Received 6 Mar 2017132 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4DJ
Received 7 Mar 20172 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 7 Mar 201736 Upper Sean Stevenage Herts SG2 9XW
Received 8 Mar 201767 Holly Leys Stevenage Herts SG2 8HZ
Received 9 Mar 20175 Bragbury Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UL
Received 10 Mar 201766 Carters Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QA
Received 12 Mar 2017Salvation Army Hall 190 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NE
Received 12 Mar 2017The Bank Lounge Bar 68 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DY
Received 13 Mar 2017100 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8BA
Received 14 Mar 20172 Wood Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8PA
Received 13 Mar 2017133 Drakes Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 0HA
Received 14 Mar 2017138 The Paddocks Stevenage Herts SG2 9UF
Received 15 Mar 201745 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8BA
Received 15 Mar 201745 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8BA
Received 15 Mar 2017Q3 Building Caxton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DF
Received 16 Mar 20172 Chalkdown Stevenage Herts SG2 7BG
Received 16 Mar 2017Skyline House Swingate Stevenage Herts SG1 1AP
Received 16 Mar 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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