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.
10,279 approved · 842 refused · 653 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
65 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8SE
Received 15 May 201765 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8SE
Received 15 May 201735 Jupiter Gate Stevenage Herts
Received 16 May 201755 Eastbourne Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2EZ
Received 16 May 2017530 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4ER
Received 17 May 2017On The Green Restaurant 11 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 17 May 2017On The Green Restaurant 11 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 17 May 201712 Severn Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3YL
Received 17 May 201722 Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 18 May 2017Mr Mulligan's Lost World Golf 3A Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 18 May 2017DuPont (UK) Ltd Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4QN
Received 18 May 201718B Boulton Road Stevenage Herts
Received 18 May 201754 Brunel Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0AD
Received 18 May 201752 Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SE
Received 19 May 20171A The Glebe Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0DL
Received 19 May 2017Land Bounded By Bragbury Lane, Pembridge Gardens And Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts
Received 18 May 20171 Morley Cottages Chells Lane Stevenage Herts
Received 23 May 2017Land At Chadwell Road Norton Green Stevenage Herts
Received 23 May 2017Caswell House Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts
Received 23 May 201717 Jennings Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1SA
Received 25 May 2017142 Derby Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5TL
Received 25 May 20172 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 26 May 2017Land To The Side Of 59 Skipton Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TW
Received 26 May 2017Land To The Side Of 43 Skipton Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TN
Received 26 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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