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.
6,985 approved · 612 refused · 375 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Carpet Depot / MFI Unit Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1XP
Received 12 Apr 2010Former Carpet Depot & MFI Unit Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1XP
Received 12 Apr 2010Southgate House Southgate Stevenage Herts SG1 1HG
Received 13 Apr 2010Tesco Stores Ltd London Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DT
Received 13 Apr 2010Land North Of Rooks Nest Cottages Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 14 Apr 2010Bank House Primett Road Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Apr 2010Roebuck J M And Infants School St. Margarets Stevenage Herts SG2 8RG
Received 15 Apr 20107 Wilson Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4TD
Received 19 Apr 2010Rileys 2 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HU
Received 20 Apr 201059 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 19 Apr 2010Stoneyhall Estate Land Bounded By PW,C,B & SL Popple Way Stevenage Herts
Received 23 Apr 20101 Morley Cottages Chells Lane Stevenage Herts
Received 22 Apr 20101 Morley Cottages Chells Lane Stevenage Herts
Received 22 Apr 201097 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BL
Received 23 Apr 2010Tesco Stores Ltd London Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DT
Received 23 Apr 201067 Uplands Stevenage Herts SG2 7DW
Received 23 Apr 201015 Warwick Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0QT
Received 28 Apr 201093 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PS
Received 29 Apr 2010Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 29 Apr 201028 Trent Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RT
Received 29 Apr 201063a Bandley Rise Stevenage Herts
Received 29 Apr 2010Woodfield Residential Home Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 5 May 20109 Daltry Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AW
Received 5 May 20101 Lintott Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3LZ
Received 5 May 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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