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.
6,998 approved · 615 refused · 376 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
111 Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QF
Received 5 May 201062 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2HY
Received 5 May 2010Ace Taxis 29A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 6 May 201048 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 6 May 201088 Uplands Stevenage Herts SG2 7DW
Received 6 May 2010John Lewis Plc Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EH
Received 6 May 20103 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BE
Received 7 May 2010Land Adjacent To 99 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8SE
Received 10 May 2010Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 10 May 201028 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JG
Received 10 May 20109 Woodland Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BX
Received 12 May 201093 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LW
Received 12 May 201021 Trafford Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RY
Received 13 May 20102 Christie Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0NT
Received 13 May 201060 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PX
Received 14 May 2010Longmeadow Green Stevenage Herts SG2 8XF
Received 14 May 2010Unit 3-4 Argyle Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2AD
Received 17 May 20109 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JL
Received 17 May 201070 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1LX
Received 17 May 2010The Arcade 50 High Street Stevenage Herts
Received 18 May 2010The White Horse 79 Albert Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3NY
Received 18 May 201064 Jupiter Gate Stevenage Herts
Received 18 May 201025 Stoney Croft Stevenage Herts SG1 3TW
Received 18 May 20106 The Glynde Stevenage Herts SG2 8SY
Received 17 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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