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.
7,026 approved · 618 refused · 377 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Ashdown Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8TY
Received 9 Jun 201058 St. Margarets Stevenage Herts SG2 8RF
Received 9 Jun 201071 Newgate Stevenage Herts SG2 9DT
Received 8 Jun 20109 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 8 Jun 20103 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JH
Received 11 Jun 2010Whitney Wood Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts
Received 14 Jun 2010Whitney Wood Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts
Received 14 Jun 20102 St. Davids Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4UZ
Received 14 Jun 201039 Walden End Stevenage Herts SG1 1TZ
Received 14 Jun 20101 Morley Cottages Chells Lane Stevenage Herts
Received 11 Jun 2010Peartree Pavilion The Ridings Stevenage Herts SG2 9UA
Received 15 Jun 2010170 Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8NA
Received 15 Jun 201070 Anderson Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LN
Received 15 Jun 2010158 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HZ
Received 11 Jun 2010EADS Astrium Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2DB
Received 16 Jun 201048 Chester Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LE
Received 16 Jun 201023 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 16 Jun 201023 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 16 Jun 20101 Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BY
Received 16 Jun 2010Tesco Stores Ltd London Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DT
Received 15 Jun 20104 Faraday Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0BJ
Received 17 Jun 201020 The Dell Stevenage Herts SG1 1PH
Received 18 Jun 201019 Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LL
Received 18 Jun 201023 Symonds Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2HA
Received 21 Jun 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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