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.
10,406 approved · 847 refused · 661 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts
Received 20 Jul 201753 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 20 Jul 201768-73 Julia Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7QT
Received 20 Jul 2017Debenhams, Unit 5 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 20 Jul 2017Former John Lewis Plc Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EH
Received 21 Jul 2017Argos Ltd, Unit 3 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 21 Jul 201729 The Muntings Stevenage Herts SG2 9DN
Received 24 Jul 201731 Ashleigh Stevenage Herts SG2 9UL
Received 24 Jul 2017683 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5EG
Received 24 Jul 2017150 Leaves Spring Stevenage Herts SG2 9BG
Received 24 Jul 201743 Breakspear Stevenage Herts SG2 9SQ
Received 24 Jul 2017Barclay Secondary School Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 25 Jul 20174 Gloucester Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RQ
Received 25 Jul 2017111 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 27 Jul 201713 Monarch Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 4FS
Received 27 Jul 201724 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EU
Received 27 Jul 2017Symonds Green Community Centre Filey Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JW
Received 28 Jul 201720 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SQ
Received 31 Jul 201758 Plash Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 1LN
Received 1 Aug 201720 Cuttys Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 1UN
Received 2 Aug 201713 Vallansgate Stevenage Herts SG2 8PY
Received 2 Aug 20173 And 4 Coreys Mill Stevenage Herts SG1 4AA
Received 2 Aug 201710 Chambers Gate Stevenage Herts SG1 3XE
Received 2 Aug 20174 Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 2 Aug 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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