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.
10,331 approved · 846 refused · 657 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Red Lion 80 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 21 Jun 201718 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PX
Received 21 Jun 2017135 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NP
Received 22 Jun 201777 Jackdaw Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9DA
Received 22 Jun 201725 Boulton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QX
Received 22 Jun 20175 Chalkdown Stevenage Herts SG2 7BG
Received 22 Jun 201712 Mathews Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4XB
Received 23 Jun 20173 Argyle Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2AD
Received 23 Jun 201741 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 26 Jun 2017Cromer House Caxton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DF
Received 26 Jun 2017Benoni Symonds Green Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 2HP
Received 26 Jun 201731 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DA
Received 26 Jun 201742 Meadow Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1QD
Received 27 Jun 201714 School Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9TY
Received 27 Jun 201716 Marlowe Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0JJ
Received 27 Jun 201713 Holly Copse Stevenage Herts SG1 1QT
Received 28 Jun 201717 Bawdsey Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2LA
Received 28 Jun 20171 Rooks Nest Cottages Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 28 Jun 20179 Tamar Close Stevenage Herts
Received 28 Jun 201737 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AP
Received 27 Jun 201753 Greydells Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3NJ
Received 29 Jun 2017387 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HA
Received 30 Jun 20178 Tates Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4WP
Received 3 Jul 2017Bradshaw Court The Paddocks Stevenage Herts
Received 3 Jul 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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