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.
6,937 approved · 609 refused · 370 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
146 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HZ
Received 21 Dec 200932 - 34 And 32A Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BS
Received 18 Dec 200911 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AP
Received 29 Dec 2009Mayfield 65 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 21 Dec 200921 Harrowdene Stevenage Herts SG2 9JE
Received 22 Dec 2009Land To The Rear Of 56 And 58 Abbots Grove Stevenage Herts SG1 1NS
Received 24 Dec 200946 St. Albans Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RU
Received 29 Dec 2009Muslim Community Centre Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PZ
Received 30 Dec 2009Whitethorns Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BX
Received 31 Dec 200929 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 30 Dec 200929 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 30 Dec 200929 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 30 Dec 200929-29A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 30 Dec 200929 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 30 Dec 200926 Beane Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 7DL
Received 7 Jan 201023 Larkinson Stevenage Herts SG1 3HP
Received 8 Jan 20105 Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0HL
Received 11 Jan 20101 The Close Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BU
Received 11 Jan 2010138 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TF
Received 12 Jan 2010The Cottage London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XW
Received 13 Jan 2010MBDA UK Building 4000 Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 13 Jan 2010258 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QU
Received 14 Jan 2010Dental Surgery 62 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1LX
Received 15 Jan 201021 Marymead Court Stevenage Herts SG2 8AE
Received 15 Jan 2010Records 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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