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.
7,210 approved · 636 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Garage Site, Weston Road Stevenage Herts
Received 24 Feb 201171 Salisbury Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PF
Received 28 Feb 20114 Kenmare Close Stevenage Herts
Received 28 Feb 2011Mercedes Benz Of Stevenage Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BT
Received 28 Feb 20114 Olde Swann Court Stevenage Herts SG1 3WB
Received 2 Mar 2011Space 2 Talk 98 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 1 Mar 201182 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 2 Mar 201189 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0ED
Received 2 Mar 2011John Lewis Plc Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EH
Received 2 Mar 20112 Kessingland Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2JR
Received 7 Mar 201162 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PZ
Received 8 Mar 20113 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JH
Received 8 Mar 2011Former Van Hage Garden Company Bragbury Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8TS
Received 9 Mar 2011Premier Inn Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AA
Received 9 Mar 2011216 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QX
Received 10 Mar 201138 Gonville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9LT
Received 10 Mar 2011Moonlight Chinese Takeaway 110 Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8LU
Received 11 Mar 20115 Broadview Stevenage Herts SG1 3TT
Received 11 Mar 201121 Wortham Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9SH
Received 15 Mar 2011Sainsburys Superstore Magpie Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 7DU
Received 14 Mar 2011Norton Green Farm Chadwell Road Norton Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2DS
Received 14 Mar 2011Second Floor 72 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EA
Received 14 Mar 201114 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JB
Received 15 Mar 201194 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 15 Mar 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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