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.
7,126 approved · 631 refused · 387 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Q E D Recruitment Specialists Ltd 18-20 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 2 Nov 201064 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NR
Received 4 Nov 2010Q E D Recruitment Specialists Ltd 18-20 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 2 Nov 2010152 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HZ
Received 9 Nov 20102 Bournemouth Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PN
Received 9 Nov 2010Land Off Almonds Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3RR
Received 10 Nov 20103 Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0HL
Received 9 Nov 2010Turnpike Close Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BX
Received 9 Nov 20106 Bray Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 9 Nov 2010Land Off Almonds Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3RR
Received 5 Nov 2010Weston Road Cemetery Weston Road Stevenage Herts
Received 9 Nov 201078 - 80 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EG
Received 12 Nov 201048 Made Feld Stevenage Herts SG1 1PQ
Received 15 Nov 2010Stevenage Garden Centre North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AH
Received 15 Nov 201021 Admiral Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4FL
Received 15 Nov 2010147 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8ST
Received 12 Nov 2010Land North Of Rooks Nest Cottages Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 17 Nov 2010Land North Of Rooks Nest Cottages Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 17 Nov 20108 Alleyns Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PP
Received 17 Nov 201048 Chester Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LE
Received 18 Nov 2010Cygnet Hospital Graveley Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4YZ
Received 18 Nov 201043 Homestead Moat Stevenage Herts SG1 1UE
Received 18 Nov 201073 Barham Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HY
Received 23 Nov 201023 Jupiter Gate Stevenage Herts
Received 22 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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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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