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.
10,653 approved · 848 refused · 680 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jun 2000 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QE
Received 7 Nov 20178 Magellan Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NF
Received 7 Nov 201729 The Pastures Stevenage Herts SG2 7DF
Received 7 Nov 2017104 Hopton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LG
Received 7 Nov 201768 Wildwood Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 1TB
Received 7 Nov 201743 Edmonds Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9TJ
Received 7 Nov 2017293 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5HF
Received 7 Nov 2017130 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TF
Received 8 Nov 20171 Bawdsey Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2LA
Received 8 Nov 2017Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 9 Nov 201771 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9AF
Received 9 Nov 201718 Featherston Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9PN
Received 10 Nov 201721 Unwin Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9SZ
Received 13 Nov 201713 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1LT
Received 13 Nov 2017Rear Of 87 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HR
Received 14 Nov 2017Land To West Of Gresley Way And To The South Of Ferrier Road Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Nov 201721 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8BA
Received 14 Nov 2017Sainsbury's Plc Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 14 Nov 2017Sainsbury's Plc Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 14 Nov 201721 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8BA
Received 14 Nov 2017Chequers House 162 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3LL
Received 15 Nov 2017471 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LX
Received 15 Nov 2017The Old Bank 162 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3LL
Received 15 Nov 201720 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NR
Received 15 Nov 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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