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.
6,915 approved · 601 refused · 367 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Daltry Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AW
Received 6 Oct 2009Hertford House Rutherford Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2EF
Received 9 Oct 2009Land To The Rear Of 56 And 58 Abbots Grove Stevenage Herts SG1 1NS
Received 12 Oct 200975 Skipton Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TW
Received 12 Oct 2009Unit 3 Argos Ltd Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road SG1 1XN Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 14 Oct 2009Somerfield 14 The Oval Stevenage Herts SG1 5RB
Received 15 Oct 2009Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 14 Oct 2009Land To The Front Of 566 And 568 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4ES
Received 15 Oct 20099 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 16 Oct 20091 Cameron Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0HG
Received 19 Oct 200986 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BJ
Received 19 Oct 2009120 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HN
Received 20 Oct 2009155 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DD
Received 20 Oct 2009Tesco Stores Ltd The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts
Received 21 Oct 200911 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 21 Oct 2009170 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9YA
Received 23 Oct 200931 Woolners Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3AF
Received 23 Oct 200940 Downlands Stevenage Herts SG2 7BH
Received 26 Oct 200973 Bandley Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9NR
Received 26 Oct 2009Rear Of 27 And 27A Orchard Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 3EN
Received 27 Oct 200985 Bandley Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9NS
Received 27 Oct 2009Lloyds Chemist Magpie Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 7DU
Received 28 Oct 200926 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RA
Received 29 Oct 2009Southgate House Southgate Stevenage Herts SG1 1HG
Received 30 Oct 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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