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.
6,886 approved · 595 refused · 364 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2HY
Received 12 Aug 200994 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QJ
Received 12 Aug 2009Coffee Shop Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire
Received 12 Aug 20093 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JH
Received 29 Jul 2009Tesco Stores Ltd The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts
Received 14 Aug 2009219 Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QQ
Received 14 Aug 2009Land Adjacent To Symonds Green Health Centre Filey Close Stevenage Herts
Received 17 Aug 2009138 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 17 Aug 20099 Oakwell Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UG
Received 18 Aug 200931 Woolners Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3AF
Received 20 Aug 200945 Four Acres Stevenage Herts SG1 3PL
Received 21 Aug 200957 Dawlish Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UQ
Received 7 Sept 200975A Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 20 Aug 20098 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JJ
Received 21 Aug 2009Woodbine London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XW
Received 21 Aug 2009Bandley Hill Play Centre Featherston Road Stevenage Herts
Received 24 Aug 2009Land To The Rear Of 44 To 48 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 24 Aug 200920 Keats Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0JD
Received 24 Aug 2009UNIT 6, Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 24 Aug 2009Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 25 Aug 200938 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PX
Received 27 Aug 2009Land Adjacent To 19 Meadow Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1QB
Received 28 Aug 2009155 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DD
Received 28 Aug 2009Mercedes Benz Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BT
Received 28 Aug 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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