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.
7,236 approved · 639 refused · 392 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 11 The Oundle Stevenage Herts SG2 8JY
Received 20 Apr 201190 Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5PD
Received 20 Apr 201167 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 21 Apr 201112 Barclay Gardens Stevenage Herts SG1 3BF
Received 21 Apr 20119 Harvest Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 7RD
Received 26 Apr 2011Symonds Green Community Centre Filey Close Stevenage Herts
Received 28 Apr 2011Second Floor Swingate House Danestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1XE
Received 28 Apr 2011145 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NP
Received 26 Apr 201154 Abbots Grove Stevenage Herts SG1 1NS
Received 26 Apr 201129A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 26 Apr 201171 Ayr Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RZ
Received 26 Apr 20112 Made Feld Stevenage Herts SG1 1PG
Received 3 May 201118 Augustus Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7QY
Received 4 May 201192 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JJ
Received 3 May 20116 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HD
Received 4 May 2011348 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4NQ
Received 3 May 2011Former Woodfield Residential Home Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 3 May 2011Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 3 May 2011Unit 3-7 Arista Tubes Gunnels Wood Park Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BH
Received 4 May 201114 Cromwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HT
Received 3 May 201117 Four Acres Stevenage Herts SG1 3PL
Received 3 May 20112 The Close Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BU
Received 28 Apr 2011Land To The Rear Of 35 Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JB
Received 4 May 2011152 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QZ
Received 27 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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