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.
7,037 approved · 619 refused · 377 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
121 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NP
Received 21 Jun 20103 Wood Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8PA
Received 22 Jun 2010Domino's Pizza 107-109 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 23 Jun 2010Greenside School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts
Received 23 Jun 20105-7 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 25 Jun 2010Roundabout At Juntion With Gresley Way & Stevenage Road Fairlands Way Stevenage Herts
Received 25 Jun 2010Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 25 Jun 2010Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 28 Jun 201083 Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RY
Received 29 Jun 20102 Burwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9RF
Received 29 Jun 201063 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EF
Received 29 Jun 20106 Bawdsey Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2LA
Received 30 Jun 201037 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AP
Received 1 Jul 2010Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NY
Received 1 Jul 2010Former Shephall Green Infant School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG1 9XR
Received 24 Jun 20102 Trafford Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RY
Received 30 Jun 201024 Broadview Stevenage Herts SG1 3TS
Received 1 Jul 201044 Osprey Gardens Stevenage Herts SG2 9PD
Received 28 Jun 2010Wickes Building Supplies Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1XP
Received 8 Jul 2010Tesco Stores Ltd London Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DT
Received 8 Jul 201035 Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0HT
Received 8 Jul 201010 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QF
Received 8 Jul 20102 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SG
Received 6 Jul 2010Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 9 Jul 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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