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.
6,923 approved · 603 refused · 368 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Padwicke 38 Woodland Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BT
Received 3 Nov 20094 Cameron Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0HG
Received 3 Nov 200972 Marlborough Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HJ
Received 4 Nov 2009Land Adjacent 9 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 6 Nov 20098 Cornfields Stevenage Herts SG2 7RB
Received 9 Nov 20092 The Orbital Centre Cockerell Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2NB
Received 9 Nov 2009The Court House Danesgate Stevenage Herts SG1 1XH
Received 6 Nov 2009Land Between 111 And 113 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3NQ
Received 9 Nov 2009219 Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QQ
Received 10 Nov 200921 Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LL
Received 11 Nov 2009Stevenage Swimming Pool St. Georges Way Stevenage Herts
Received 11 Nov 2009Bicknor House 9A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 11 Nov 2009Q3 Building Caxton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DF
Received 12 Nov 2009Coffee Shop Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire
Received 13 Nov 2009Flamingo House Cockerell Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2NB
Received 16 Nov 2009Rear Of 48 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 16 Nov 2009362 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4DX
Received 17 Nov 2009Parking Compound At The Junction Of Whitworth Road And Senate Place Stevenage Herts SG1 4QS SG1 4QS
Received 18 Nov 2009Longmeadow Green Stevenage Herts SG2 8XF
Received 18 Nov 20093 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BE
Received 19 Nov 2009Medbury Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 24 Nov 2009UNIT 3 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 24 Nov 2009The Cottage London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XW
Received 25 Nov 200916 Oakwood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QU
Received 20 Nov 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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