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Stevenage Borough Council
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Stevenage Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

14,722Searchable applications

108Recorded as pending

93%Approval rate · 11,422 approved or refused records

847Refused applications

10,575 approved · 847 refused · 672 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2001 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Planning information Find a Planning Application Local plan St George’s car park: North side closing from Sunday 13 September Article 4 directions St George’s car park: North side closing from Sunday 13 September

Council contacts

Planning enquiriesplanning@stevenage.gov.uk Council source
Planning enquiriesplanning.policy@stevenage.gov.uk Council source

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas7 mapped area records

Article 4 direction areas126 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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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.

More application records

Decided17/00659/FP
Change of use from public amenity land to private residential land
56 Barnwell Stevenage Herts SG2 9SN
Received 18 Sept 2017
Decided17/00660/FP
Change of use from public amenity land to private residential land
54 Barnwell Stevenage Herts SG2 9SN
Received 18 Sept 2017
Decided17/00662/FPH
Retention of climbing frame in rear garden
9 Ten Acres Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9US
Received 19 Sept 2017
Decided17/00663/FPH
Single storey side and rear extension
32 Goddard End Stevenage Herts SG2 7ER
Received 19 Sept 2017
Decided17/00664/FPH
Single storey front extension
14 Burwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9RQ
Received 19 Sept 2017
Decided17/00667/CC
Consultation by Herts County Council for a permanent single storey classroom extension and covered walkway
Leys JMI School Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QZ
Received 19 Sept 2017
Decided17/00668/FP
Change of use from A1 (shops) and A2 (financial services) to Mixed Use A1 (cycle hire shop); A3 (cafe); B1 (cycle repairs) and D1 (art studio space)
4 Town Square Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BP
Received 20 Sept 2017
Decided17/00669/FP
Installation of new shop front
29A Town Square Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BP
Received 20 Sept 2017
Decided17/00670/TPTPO
Reduction by 20% on 1no Horse Chestnut (T1) protected by Tree Preservation Order 85.
3 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 20 Sept 2017
Decided17/00671/TPCA
Reduction by 20% on 1no Oak (T2) and 30% on 1no Oak (T3)
3 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 20 Sept 2017
Decided17/00673/CLPD
Certificate of lawfulness for a single storey rear extension
8 Walsham Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SS
Received 21 Sept 2017
Decided17/00674/FP
Change of use from public amenity land to private residential land to facilitate hard stand for 1no vehicle.
34 Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0LB
Received 21 Sept 2017
Decided17/00676/FP
Variation of conditions 1 (approved plans); 3 (materials); 4 (landscaping); 6 (trees) and 8 (access and parking) attached to planning permission 16/00295/FP.
Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 22 Sept 2017
Decided17/00677/FPH
Single storey rear infill extension
223 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LR
Received 23 Sept 2017
Decided17/00678/FPH
Garage conversion
5 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 26 Sept 2017
Decided17/00681/FPH
Retrospective permission for building a transparent roof canopy in the garden.
2 Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LH
Received 27 Sept 2017
Decided17/00682/HPA
Single storey rear extension which will extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 5.3m, for which the maximum height will be 3.6m and the height of the eaves will be 2.7m.
134 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HN
Received 27 Sept 2017
Unknown17/00684/CPA
Prior approval for change of use from offices (Use Class B1) to residential (Use Class C3) comprising 4 units.
2 Bowman Trading Estate Bessemer Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 2DL
Received 28 Sept 2017
Decided17/00685/FP
Change of use from D1 (dance studio) to A1 (shop)
22 The Oval Stevenage Herts SG1 5RB
Received 29 Sept 2017
Decided17/00686/AD
Installation of 2no internally illuminated hanging signs
29A Town Square Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BP
Received 2 Oct 2017
Decided17/00687/TPTPO
Pruning works and removal of dead wood to 3no Oak trees (T12, T13 and T14) protected by Tree Preservation Order 14
32 Granby Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AS
Received 2 Oct 2017
Decided17/00688/CLPD
Certificate of lawfulness for single storey rear extension
20 The Noke Stevenage Herts SG2 8LJ
Received 2 Oct 2017
Decided17/00689/FPH
Single storey front extension
59 Derby Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5TS
Received 3 Oct 2017
Decided17/00690/FPH
Single storey front extension
5 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4LH
Received 3 Oct 2017

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Researching a proposal in Stevenage Borough Council

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What these statistics cover

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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