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.
6,831 approved · 589 refused · 362 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Nov 2008 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fairlands Jmi School Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JA
Received 8 May 20091 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DP
Received 8 May 2009225 Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HF
Received 8 May 2009153 Shephall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9RB
Received 12 May 2009Astrium Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2DB
Received 11 May 2009Outback Steakhouse Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts
Received 13 May 2009Outback Steakhouse Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts
Received 13 May 2009Whitethorns Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BX
Received 12 May 2009Waitrose 74A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EH
Received 13 May 200950 Warwick Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0QS
Received 14 May 2009Unit B1 Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire
Received 14 May 20097 Orchard Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 3EW
Received 15 May 200935 Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JB
Received 18 May 20094 Cameron Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0HG
Received 18 May 200943 Southwark Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4PG
Received 19 May 200947 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BS
Received 19 May 200914 Gateway 1000 Whittle Way Arlington Business Park Stevenage Herts SG1 2FP
Received 19 May 200959 Bernhardt Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0DR
Received 20 May 200935 Ramsdell Stevenage Herts SG1 1QY
Received 20 May 200925 Manor View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PE
Received 21 May 2009Ross Court Stevenage Herts SG2 0HD
Received 21 May 200931 Homestead Moat Stevenage Herts SG1 1UE
Received 21 May 2009New Testament Church Grove Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NU
Received 21 May 200933 Haddon Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SU
Received 22 May 2009Records 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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