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.
6,872 approved · 593 refused · 364 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Green Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DS
Received 2 Jul 2009149 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8ST
Received 2 Jul 2009Fairlands Jmi School Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JA
Received 6 Jul 200966 Wychdell Stevenage Herts SG2 8JD
Received 7 Jul 200965 Warwick Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0QR
Received 7 Jul 20099 Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 8 Jul 20096 Oakwood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QS
Received 8 Jul 200915A Hellards Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PH
Received 9 Jul 200949 The Paddocks Stevenage Herts SG2 9TZ
Received 7 Jul 200928 Grenville Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8XZ
Received 7 Jul 200926 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 10 Jul 2009147 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LP
Received 10 Jul 200980 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AD
Received 13 Jul 2009Longmeadow Green Stevenage Herts SG2 8XF
Received 13 Jul 2009Part Of Garage Compound To The Rear Of Ken Brown Motors Shephall Way Stevenage Herts
Received 14 Jul 2009133 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DD
Received 15 Jul 2009Land North Of Mendip Way Great Ashby Stevenage Hertfordshire
Received 13 Jul 2009The Stevenage Garden Centre Graveley Road Stevenage Herts
Received 16 Jul 20096 Walsham Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SS
Received 16 Jul 200929 Wortham Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9SH
Received 20 Jul 2009Manor View Nursing & Residential Home 45 Manor View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PF
Received 20 Jul 200949 - 55 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DL
Received 20 Jul 200949 - 55 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DL
Received 20 Jul 200956A And 56B Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PX
Received 21 Jul 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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