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.
7,302 approved · 648 refused · 394 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 2 Aug 2011Weston Road Cemetery Weston Road Stevenage Herts
Received 2 Aug 2011130 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TF
Received 2 Aug 2011Unit 6 The Plaza Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1PF
Received 2 Aug 2011Ken Brown Motors Shephall Way Stevenage Herts
Received 3 Aug 201142 Knights Templars Green Stevenage Herts SG2 0JY
Received 4 Aug 2011Stevenage FC Training Facility Aston Lane Aston Stevenage Herts
Received 8 Aug 2011The Pied Piper Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8LU
Received 8 Aug 2011Richmond House Pond Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3QP
Received 8 Aug 2011Whitney Wood Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts
Received 9 Aug 201118 Fawcett Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0EL
Received 12 Aug 2011Former Van Hage Garden Company Bragbury Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8TS
Received 12 Aug 20112 The Close Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BU
Received 12 Aug 20117 Aldeburgh Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JT
Received 15 Aug 2011Peartree Nursery School Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DZ
Received 15 Aug 2011The Woodman's Arms Norton Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2DP
Received 15 Aug 2011Land On Dryden Crescent, To The Rear Of 19 And 20 Burns Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0JN
Received 18 Aug 201135 Montfitchet Walk Stevenage Herts SG2 7DT
Received 17 Aug 2011124 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 19 Aug 201181 Trajan Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7QQ
Received 19 Aug 201129 Burymead Stevenage Herts SG1 4AX
Received 22 Aug 201118 Augustus Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7QY
Received 22 Aug 20114 Doncaster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RY
Received 23 Aug 201171 Uplands Stevenage Herts SG2 7DW
Received 24 Aug 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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