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.
6,929 approved · 604 refused · 368 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
102 The Paddocks Stevenage Herts SG2 9UE
Received 26 Nov 200916 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AP
Received 25 Nov 200947 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts SG2 7DR
Received 1 Dec 200914 Kessingland Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2JR
Received 1 Dec 200985 - 87 Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0HY
Received 2 Dec 200915 Granby Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AR
Received 2 Dec 200941 Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PD
Received 2 Dec 2009Former Mastercare Service And Distribution Ltd Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4UU
Received 3 Dec 2009117 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PS
Received 3 Dec 2009Stoneyhall Estate Land Bounded By Popple Way, Claymores, Broadview & Sish Lane Popple Way Stevenage Herts
Received 1 Dec 2009182 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 4 Dec 200963 Harvey Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0BD
Received 4 Dec 200965 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5HB
Received 9 Dec 200971 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LQ
Received 9 Dec 2009Roaring Meg South Retail Park Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1X
Received 9 Dec 2009Old Red Lion PH Hydean Way Stevenage Herts
Received 10 Dec 200986 Hayfield Stevenage Herts SG2 7JR
Received 11 Dec 2009Tesco Stores Ltd London Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DT
Received 11 Dec 2009Martins 4 The Glebe Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0DJ
Received 10 Dec 20097 Nash Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0AP
Received 15 Dec 200975 Stirling Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TG
Received 15 Dec 20098 Cornfields Stevenage Herts SG2 7RB
Received 17 Dec 2009Unit 1 Cartwright Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QJ
Received 21 Dec 2009Tesco Stores Ltd London Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DT
Received 21 Dec 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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