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.
7,094 approved · 627 refused · 382 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Admiral Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4FL
Received 2 Sept 20109 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 2 Sept 201011 Cornfields Stevenage Herts SG2 7RB
Received 3 Sept 2010Flamingo House Cockerell Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2NB
Received 3 Sept 2010Stevenage Borough Football Club Broadhall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RH
Received 3 Sept 201073 Coventry Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4PD
Received 6 Sept 2010Business Technology Centre Bessemer Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 6 Sept 2010Pitt Court Park View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PR
Received 8 Sept 2010Grosvenor Court Stevenage Herts SG1 2JN
Received 8 Sept 201046 Tates Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4WP
Received 7 Sept 2010Priory Meadow Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 8 Sept 201013 Tates Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4WP
Received 9 Sept 2010Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NY
Received 8 Sept 201072 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EA
Received 8 Sept 201040 Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 9 Sept 201023 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BE
Received 10 Sept 2010237 Shephall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9RL
Received 16 Sept 2010Land Adjacent 16 Kennett Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3XU
Received 17 Sept 2010HSBC Danestrete Stevenage Herts
Received 20 Sept 20106 Bray Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 21 Sept 201046 Tates Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4WP
Received 20 Sept 201026 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DZ
Received 23 Sept 201014 Plash Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 1LW
Received 21 Sept 201042 Skegness Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2HS
Received 23 Sept 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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