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.
7,278 approved · 645 refused · 392 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QW
Received 1 Jul 20111 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 1 Jul 20113 Lime Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QB
Received 5 Jul 2011142 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 7 Jul 201138 Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BX
Received 6 Jul 201110 Cameron Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0HG
Received 7 Jul 2011Stevenage Borough Football Club Broadhall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RH
Received 7 Jul 201164 Lingfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5SL
Received 8 Jul 2011Wisden Court Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JD
Received 11 Jul 2011Liquid & Envy 6 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 11 Jul 201112 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DZ
Received 11 Jul 201126 Chester Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LD
Received 12 Jul 201138 Roebuck Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 8DL
Received 13 Jul 20113 The Grove Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG1 9XR
Received 13 Jul 20113 The Grove Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG1 9XR
Received 13 Jul 20111 Wildwood Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 1TA
Received 13 Jul 20119 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 13 Jul 201128 Christie Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0NG
Received 13 Jul 2011Swann House 5 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 13 Jul 201137 Gonville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9LX
Received 12 Jul 2011Woodfield Residential Home Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 14 Jul 20117 Harvey Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0BG
Received 14 Jul 20116 Barham Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HX
Received 14 Jul 2011Stevenage FC Training Facility Aston Lane Aston Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Jul 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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