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.
6,943 approved · 609 refused · 370 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Shephall Green Infant School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Jan 2010225a Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HF
Received 18 Jan 20101 Yarmouth Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LN
Received 18 Jan 201033 Epsom Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5TE
Received 21 Jan 2010Orchard Cottage 19 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HE
Received 18 Jan 2010Broom Barns Jmi School Homestead Moat Stevenage Herts
Received 21 Jan 201051 Skipton Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TW
Received 21 Jan 2010Crofton Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 20 Jan 20104 Sacombe Mews Stevenage Herts
Received 21 Jan 2010The White House 3 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 25 Jan 2010Former Shephall Green Infant School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG1 9XR
Received 21 Jan 2010B M Wood Accountants 44B High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EF
Received 25 Jan 2010155 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4EY
Received 25 Jan 2010Tesco Stores Ltd London Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DT
Received 25 Jan 201029A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 26 Jan 2010120 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DE
Received 25 Jan 2010Land Adjacent 9 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 26 Jan 20104 Daltry Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AW
Received 27 Jan 2010Unit 5, 5a And 6-7 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts
Received 26 Jan 2010Land Between 111 And 113 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3NQ
Received 29 Jan 20101 Morley Cottages Chells Lane Stevenage Herts
Received 2 Feb 201075 Skipton Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TW
Received 3 Feb 201048 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5HA
Received 5 Feb 2010Caxton Point Caxton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 5 Feb 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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