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.
7,144 approved · 632 refused · 389 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
136 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AF
Received 22 Nov 2010100 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 22 Nov 2010Astrium Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2DB
Received 23 Nov 201082 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 26 Nov 201061 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NT
Received 29 Nov 2010Park Place And Market Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts
Received 26 Nov 201028 The Hyde Stevenage Herts SG2 9SB
Received 26 Nov 201098 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AE
Received 30 Nov 20102 Daltry Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AW
Received 30 Nov 20107A Market Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DH
Received 30 Nov 2010The Chequers Public House Bragbury End Stevenage Herts SG2 8TH
Received 1 Dec 2010The Chequers Public House Bragbury End Stevenage Herts SG2 8TH
Received 1 Dec 2010107 - 109 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 2 Dec 2010Land To The Rear Of 65 - 67a Albert Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3NY
Received 2 Dec 201040 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BJ
Received 2 Dec 201027 Baddeley Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9SL
Received 3 Dec 201043 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BQ
Received 7 Dec 2010Mecca Bingo Danestrete Stevenage Herts
Received 7 Dec 2010Mecca Bingo Danestrete Stevenage Herts
Received 7 Dec 20102 Shearwater Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9RY
Received 7 Dec 20103 Daltry Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AW
Received 6 Dec 2010Dental Surgery 62 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1LX
Received 8 Dec 20103 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JH
Received 10 Dec 2010Land Adjacent To Old Smithy 1 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DR
Received 13 Dec 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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