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.
10,312 approved · 845 refused · 653 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Bronte Paths Stevenage Herts SG2 0PQ
Received 9 Jun 2017Land To West Of Gresley Way And To The South Of Ferrier Road Stevenage Herts
Received 9 Jun 2017132 Sefton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RW
Received 9 Jun 201745 Long Leaves Stevenage Herts SG2 9AX
Received 13 Jun 20174 Blair Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8DE
Received 9 Jun 20175 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JH
Received 13 Jun 20177 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8QL
Received 14 Jun 2017105 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LH
Received 14 Jun 2017530 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4ER
Received 12 Jun 201713 Vallansgate Stevenage Herts SG2 8PY
Received 14 Jun 20175 Brookhill Stevenage Herts SG2 8RR
Received 14 Jun 201776 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JH
Received 15 Jun 20178 Granby Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AR
Received 15 Jun 2017104 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PT
Received 15 Jun 201724 Headingley Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RU
Received 16 Jun 201715-29 And 14-38 Park Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DP
Received 19 Jun 2017143 Scarborough Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2HQ
Received 19 Jun 2017Debenhams, Unit 5 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 19 Jun 2017Former John Lewis Plc Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EH
Received 19 Jun 2017Former John Lewis Plc Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EH
Received 19 Jun 201748 Darwin Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0DB
Received 19 Jun 201779 The Pastures Stevenage Herts SG2 7DF
Received 20 Jun 2017127 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NP
Received 21 Jun 2017Red Lion 80 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 21 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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