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.
10,295 approved · 842 refused · 653 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Land To The Front Of 54 Skipton Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TW
Received 26 May 2017Land To The Front Of 31 And 32 Skipton Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TN
Received 26 May 2017Land To The Side Of 195 Kimbolton Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8RW
Received 26 May 2017Land In Front Of 224 Kimbolton Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8RW
Received 26 May 201745 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5HB
Received 26 May 201733 Torquay Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2RQ
Received 30 May 2017111 Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RY
Received 31 May 201759, 61 And 63 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 30 May 201765 And 67 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9EA
Received 25 May 201713 The Brambles Stevenage Herts SG1 4AU
Received 31 May 201731 William Place Stevenage Herts SG2 9DJ
Received 31 May 201716 Lincoln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PJ
Received 31 May 201781 Kestrel Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9PB
Received 1 Jun 2017Ashenhurst Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 1 Jun 2017Former John Lewis Plc Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EH
Received 2 Jun 2017DuPont (UK) Ltd Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4QN
Received 5 Jun 2017Debenhams, Unit 5 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 2 Jun 201765 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8QN
Received 5 Jun 2017174 Mildmay Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5SZ
Received 6 Jun 201713 Bradman Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5RE
Received 6 Jun 201711 Orchard Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 3EN
Received 6 Jun 2017Grass Verge Outside 15 Meadow Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1QB
Received 8 Jun 2017Old Red Lion PH Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 5 Jun 2017Medix Pharmacy 84 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 9 Jun 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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