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.
10,432 approved · 847 refused · 664 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rear Of 41 Burydale Stevenage Herts SG2 8AU
Received 4 Aug 201734 Herne Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4RW
Received 4 Aug 201737 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AR
Received 4 Aug 2017Fujitsu Services Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2DY
Received 4 Aug 2017DuPont (UK) Ltd Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts
Received 4 Aug 201769 Barham Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HY
Received 7 Aug 201718 Stoney Croft Stevenage Herts SG1 3TN
Received 7 Aug 201719 Gonville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9LU
Received 7 Aug 2017146 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JH
Received 8 Aug 201766 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SJ
Received 8 Aug 2017109 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TD
Received 8 Aug 2017Sainsbury's Plc Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 9 Aug 2017St. Hugh's Church Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts
Received 9 Aug 201715 St. Andrews Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4UY
Received 9 Aug 2017Barclay Secondary School Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 9 Aug 201720 Livingstone Link Stevenage Herts SG2 0EP
Received 10 Aug 2017Former Ontime Vehicle Rescue Site Norton Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BA
Received 10 Aug 20172 Grenville Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8XZ
Received 11 Aug 2017377 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LX
Received 14 Aug 201744 Greydells Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3NJ
Received 12 Aug 201776 Hopton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LD
Received 12 Aug 201754 Brunel Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0AD
Received 14 Aug 201716 Manchester Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4TQ
Received 14 Aug 201716 Hillcrest Stevenage Herts SG1 1PN
Received 14 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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