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.
6,895 approved · 595 refused · 367 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
59 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 2 Sept 2009Land To Rear Of 4 Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 2 Sept 20093 Wellington Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HR
Received 3 Sept 2009Birthdays 59 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DN
Received 9 Sept 2009Birthdays 59 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DN
Received 9 Sept 2009Birthdays 59 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DN
Received 9 Sept 2009Birthdays 59 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DN
Received 9 Sept 2009Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NY
Received 9 Sept 200933 Frobisher Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 0HJ
Received 9 Sept 200930 Daltry Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AW
Received 9 Sept 20098 Keats Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0JD
Received 10 Sept 200939, 40 And 41 Cotney Croft Stevenage Herts SG2 9PT
Received 14 Sept 20091 Daltry Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4BW
Received 14 Sept 20099 Barclay Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 3NA
Received 14 Sept 2009Units 4 Fulton Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2AF
Received 15 Sept 2009Ashenhurst Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 15 Sept 200926 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DZ
Received 17 Sept 200929 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 16 Sept 2009Coffee Shop Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire
Received 16 Sept 20097 Dewpond Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3BL
Received 16 Sept 20095 Dewpond Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3BL
Received 18 Sept 2009O2 75B Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts
Received 21 Sept 200949 The Paddocks Stevenage Herts SG2 9TZ
Received 21 Sept 200923 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 16 Sept 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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