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.
7,118 approved · 630 refused · 384 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Cameron Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0HG
Received 14 Oct 201042 Stirling Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TQ
Received 14 Oct 2010Symonds Green Community Centre Filey Close Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Oct 201062 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FD
Received 15 Oct 201041 Carters Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QA
Received 18 Oct 201013 Bawdsey Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2LA
Received 19 Oct 201064 Downlands Stevenage Herts SG2 7BH
Received 18 Oct 2010Land Adj 93 Shearwater Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9RX
Received 19 Oct 201023 Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LL
Received 20 Oct 2010135 Shephall View Stevenage Herts SG1 1RR
Received 20 Oct 201017 Stoney Croft Stevenage Herts SG1 3TW
Received 21 Oct 2010Delbanco Meyer & Co Ltd Bessemer Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 2DL
Received 22 Oct 2010Land Off Almonds Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3RR
Received 25 Oct 20101 Beverley Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PR
Received 21 Oct 2010Crofton Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 25 Oct 20108 Granby Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AR
Received 22 Oct 201053 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BH
Received 25 Oct 201067 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AG
Received 25 Oct 201067 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AG
Received 25 Oct 2010Unit A, Dunelm Mill Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire
Received 28 Oct 2010Medbury Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 27 Oct 2010Land Off Edmonds Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 29 Oct 2010Longfield Fire And Rescue Service Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 29 Oct 201010 Caernarvon Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UB
Received 2 Nov 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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