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.
7,216 approved · 636 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
95 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PS
Received 16 Mar 2011First Floor 23-25 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW
Received 16 Mar 201130 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 18 Mar 201130 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 18 Mar 2011Nationwide Building Society 17 - 21 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DA
Received 21 Mar 201194 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2HZ
Received 22 Mar 2011Campion Court Stevenage Herts
Received 21 Mar 201142 Lincoln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PJ
Received 21 Mar 2011Garage Court Weston Road Stevenage Herts
Received 18 Mar 201161 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 22 Mar 201137 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AP
Received 22 Mar 20111 Greencote Mews Stevenage Herts SG2 9BP
Received 17 Mar 201156 Barnwell Stevenage Herts SG2 9SN
Received 24 Mar 201172 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BJ
Received 28 Mar 2011First Floor 23-25 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW
Received 25 Mar 2011Land Adjacent Campus 6 Caxton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 28 Mar 2011Springfield House Community Centre 24 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 30 Mar 2011164 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QP
Received 28 Mar 201166 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NR
Received 29 Mar 201178 Ayr Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RZ
Received 28 Mar 2011ASDA Stores Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 28 Mar 2011Land Adjacent To 147 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8ST
Received 1 Apr 2011A Wilkins 125 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NA
Received 1 Apr 2011Land Off Almonds Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3RR
Received 1 Apr 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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