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.
7,253 approved · 641 refused · 392 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
432 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4EN
Received 23 May 2011Ibis Hotel The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts
Received 24 May 201148 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 25 May 201118 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 26 May 201138 Exchange Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1PZ
Received 26 May 201135 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BW
Received 26 May 201147 Coventry Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4PD
Received 27 May 2011Car Park To The Rear Of No. 37 The Oval Stevenage Herts SG1 5RD
Received 31 May 2011Gladstone Court Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AY
Received 31 May 2011Stevenage Borough Football Club Broadhall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RH
Received 1 Jun 201125 Glenwood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QT
Received 1 Jun 2011Unit E Mindenhall Court High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 3 Jun 2011Binstore To Rear Of 21 Fortuna Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5TD
Received 3 Jun 20112 Bournemouth Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PN
Received 3 Jun 20113 Elbow Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8LP
Received 6 Jun 201115 Stony Croft Stevenage Herts SG1 3TW
Received 6 Jun 2011Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NY
Received 8 Jun 201194 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 8 Jun 2011The White Horse 79 Albert Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3NY
Received 7 Jun 201111 The Oundle Stevenage Herts SG2 8JY
Received 9 Jun 201122 Knebworth Gate London Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DF
Received 9 Jun 201151 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 10 Jun 2011Land Adjacent 47 Whomerley Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1SR
Received 10 Jun 20117 Glenwood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QT
Received 14 Jun 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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