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.
10,253 approved · 842 refused · 652 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Comark House Gunnels Wood Park Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts
Received 25 Apr 20173 Beane Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 7DL
Received 25 Apr 20173 Beane Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 7DL
Received 25 Apr 201714 Parishes Mead Stevenage Herts SG2 9QD
Received 25 Apr 201734 Sleaps Hyde Stevenage Herts SG2 8JP
Received 24 Apr 201749 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 24 Apr 20171A And 1B Meadway Court Rutherford Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2EF
Received 26 Apr 201748 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9AF
Received 24 Apr 201799 Downlands Stevenage Herts SG2 7BJ
Received 26 Apr 201724 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EU
Received 26 Apr 2017Bridon Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 27 Apr 201741 Barley Croft Stevenage Herts SG2 9NP
Received 27 Apr 201717 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DZ
Received 28 Apr 2017536 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5QL
Received 28 Apr 201720 Tye End Stevenage Herts SG2 8TU
Received 28 Apr 20172 Nicholas Place Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BZ
Received 29 Apr 201711 Trent Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RS
Received 1 May 2017Medix Pharmacy 84 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 2 May 2017Medix Pharmacy 84 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 2 May 201729 The Muntings Stevenage Herts SG2 9DN
Received 2 May 201741 Linkways Stevenage Herts SG1 1PR
Received 2 May 201786 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HF
Received 3 May 2017377 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LX
Received 3 May 201710 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0EQ
Received 3 May 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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