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.
7,249 approved · 640 refused · 392 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Nov 2007 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 5 Fulton Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2AF
Received 3 May 2011Woodfield Residential Home Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 5 May 2011162 And 162A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3LL
Received 5 May 201114 Trafford Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RY
Received 6 May 20114 Flinders Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NE
Received 6 May 201149 The Paddocks Stevenage Herts SG2 9TZ
Received 5 May 201113A Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AZ
Received 5 May 2011Former Woodfield Residential Home Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 10 May 201165 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 9 May 2011ASDA Stores Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 11 May 2011Holy Trinity Church High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 9 May 2011Land At London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 12 May 201118 Burwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9RQ
Received 12 May 201181 Torquay Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2RH
Received 13 May 2011Former Pin Green Jmi School Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts
Received 11 May 201165 Gonville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9LY
Received 16 May 2011187 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 16 May 201124 Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LJ
Received 18 May 2011Martins Wood Jmi School Mildmay Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RT
Received 18 May 2011Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 18 May 201111A Market Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DH
Received 19 May 2011Arts & Leisure Centre Lytton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LZ
Received 19 May 201135 Wildwood Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 1TB
Received 20 May 20112 Burydale Stevenage Herts SG2 8AT
Received 23 May 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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