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.
7,169 approved · 633 refused · 391 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To Old Smithy 1 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DR
Received 13 Dec 20104 Doncaster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RY
Received 13 Dec 2010Former Van Hage Garden Company Bragbury Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8TS
Received 13 Dec 2010Former Van Hage Garden Company Bragbury Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8TS
Received 13 Dec 201073 Barham Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HY
Received 14 Dec 201096 Downlands Stevenage Herts SG2 7BJ
Received 14 Dec 2010Greenside School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Dec 201039 Beech Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9TG
Received 13 Dec 2010Land To The Rear Of 4 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AN
Received 10 Dec 2010Land Adjacent To 99 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8SE
Received 14 Dec 2010252 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LZ
Received 17 Dec 2010Norton Green Farm Chadwell Road Norton Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2DS
Received 17 Dec 201014 Brick Kiln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NH
Received 20 Dec 2010Sainsburys Superstore Magpie Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 7DU
Received 20 Dec 2010The Range Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1XP
Received 15 Dec 2010Greenside School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts
Received 20 Dec 2010199 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LR
Received 21 Dec 201022 Knebworth Gate London Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DF
Received 20 Dec 2010Former Stevenage Knitting Company Ltd Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 22 Dec 2010Former Stevenage Knitting Company Ltd Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 22 Dec 2010The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 23 Dec 20102 Bournemouth Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PN
Received 29 Dec 2010The Head Office 40 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EF
Received 30 Dec 2010The Head Office 40 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EF
Received 30 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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