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.
7,205 approved · 635 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
237 Shephall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9RL
Received 10 Feb 201190 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JL
Received 10 Feb 201114 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9AB
Received 10 Feb 2011The Glebe Chells Way Stevenage Herts
Received 10 Feb 2011The Hyde Stevenage Herts
Received 10 Feb 2011The Hyde Stevenage Herts
Received 10 Feb 2011Land Adjacent 83 Turpins Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 8QZ
Received 8 Feb 2011Wayside Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BX
Received 10 Feb 2011406 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4EN
Received 10 Feb 20111 Chouler Gardens Stevenage Herts SG1 4TB
Received 10 Feb 201121 Fresson Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QU
Received 11 Feb 2011Gladstone Court Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AY
Received 11 Feb 201135 Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JB
Received 15 Feb 201137 Gonville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9LX
Received 15 Feb 2011169 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9BX
Received 16 Feb 201127 Elbow Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8LP
Received 17 Feb 2011Former Pin Green Jmi School Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts
Received 17 Feb 201140 Whitesmead Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3LB
Received 17 Feb 201179 Jackdaw Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9DA
Received 21 Feb 20119 Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PB
Received 22 Feb 2011135 Shephall View Stevenage Herts SG1 1RR
Received 22 Feb 2011Garage Court At Weston Road Stevenage Herts
Received 22 Feb 2011Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NY
Received 22 Feb 2011Rear Of 206 - 208 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 22 Feb 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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