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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.
7,184 approved · 634 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TD
Received 5 Jan 201117 Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BJ
Received 6 Jan 2011Rear Of 112 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 6 Jan 2011Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NY
Received 6 Jan 2011Fairlands Valley Sailing Centre Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0BL
Received 7 Jan 2011Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 6 Jan 201113 Mathews Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4XB
Received 11 Jan 201130 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 10 Jan 201130 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 10 Jan 2011Discount UK 77 - 81 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DZ
Received 14 Jan 201164 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NR
Received 14 Jan 2011Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NY
Received 14 Jan 201186 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AD
Received 11 Jan 201145 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4ET
Received 11 Jan 201133 Nodes Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AJ
Received 13 Jan 2011Symonds Green Community Centre Filey Close Stevenage Herts
Received 14 Jan 2011Lanterns Lane, Adjacent To Nobel School Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0HS
Received 13 Jan 201165 Augustus Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7QY
Received 17 Jan 2011Garage Court Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RN
Received 18 Jan 2011Land Off Almonds Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3RR
Received 18 Jan 2011Land Between 7A And 11 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BD
Received 18 Jan 2011Arriva The Shires Norton Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BA
Received 20 Jan 20114 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AN
Received 20 Jan 201173 Barham Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HY
Received 21 Jan 2011Records 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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