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.
10,229 approved · 842 refused · 651 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 6 Apr 201731 Huntingdon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PA
Received 6 Apr 201786 Telford Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 0AJ
Received 6 Apr 20173 Chouler Gardens Stevenage Herts SG1 4TB
Received 7 Apr 201721 Glanville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 4FW
Received 7 Apr 201710 Mundesley Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JZ
Received 8 Apr 2017107 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BL
Received 10 Apr 201712 Orchard Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 3EW
Received 10 Apr 2017Specialist Cars Arlington Business Park Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BE
Received 10 Apr 2017Debenhams, Unit 5 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 10 Apr 2017100 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 12 Apr 2017150 Leaves Spring Stevenage Herts SG2 9BG
Received 12 Apr 201739 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BQ
Received 12 Apr 2017314 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HN
Received 10 Apr 201756 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 13 Apr 201725 Briardale Stevenage Herts SG1 1TP
Received 14 Apr 201779 Jackdaw Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9DA
Received 17 Apr 2017Turnpike Close Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BX
Received 16 Apr 201739 Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PD
Received 18 Apr 201715 Brunel Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0AB
Received 20 Apr 2017160 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AG
Received 21 Apr 201752 Sefton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RJ
Received 21 Apr 20171 Greenfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JP
Received 21 Apr 2017Theydon Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 23 Apr 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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