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.
6,955 approved · 610 refused · 370 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
118 Leaves Spring Stevenage Herts SG2 9BD
Received 5 Feb 2010Longfield Fire And Rescue Service Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 8 Feb 2010138 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5EU
Received 8 Feb 2010550 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4ES
Received 8 Feb 20102 St. Davids Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4UZ
Received 9 Feb 2010UNIT 3 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 9 Feb 2010UNIT 3 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 9 Feb 201081 The Pastures Stevenage Herts SG2 7DF
Received 11 Feb 2010179 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0EA
Received 10 Feb 20109 Little Hyde Stevenage Herts SG2 9RP
Received 10 Feb 2010142 Sefton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RW
Received 15 Feb 2010Hertland House Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EE
Received 12 Feb 201016 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ET
Received 15 Feb 201056 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9XL
Received 15 Feb 201095 Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8LR
Received 15 Feb 201085 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LQ
Received 15 Feb 2010Orchard House 5 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HD
Received 15 Feb 201090 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4DH
Received 17 Feb 201019 Ascot Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 5SS
Received 17 Feb 201038 Woodland Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BT
Received 17 Feb 201042 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AZ
Received 19 Feb 20101 Daltry Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4BW
Received 18 Feb 20109 Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PB
Received 22 Feb 2010455 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DU
Received 22 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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