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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.
7,070 approved · 623 refused · 380 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tesco Stores Ltd London Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DT
Received 19 Jul 2010Tesco Stores Ltd London Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DT
Received 19 Jul 2010Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NY
Received 21 Jul 2010Medbury Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 20 Jul 201056 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JG
Received 23 Jul 2010Land Adjacent To 99 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8SE
Received 26 Jul 2010202 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 28 Jul 2010Land North Of Rooks Nest Cottages Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 14 Jul 2010Co-Op 1 - 3 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9XH
Received 29 Jul 2010Garage Court Weston Road Stevenage Herts
Received 30 Jul 2010Cavendish Point Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EG
Received 2 Aug 201011 Salisbury Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PE
Received 2 Aug 2010Wickes Building Supplies Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1XP
Received 30 Jul 201021 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BE
Received 2 Aug 201014 Chepstow Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5TT
Received 2 Aug 2010356 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4EL
Received 3 Aug 20108 Granby Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AR
Received 3 Aug 2010Lamp Post 36 Junction Of Grace Way And Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5BL
Received 2 Aug 2010108 Marymead Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AG
Received 3 Aug 2010Land To Rear Of 23 And 25 Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LL
Received 3 Aug 201035 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RA
Received 4 Aug 2010Land Adjacent To 83 Turpins Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 8QZ
Received 4 Aug 2010Q4 Caxton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 4 Aug 201017 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QX
Received 9 Aug 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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