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.
7,313 approved · 650 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Chells Family Pub & Restaurant Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0LU
Received 25 Aug 2011Former Chells Family Pub & Restaurant Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0LU
Received 25 Aug 2011Former Chells Family Pub & Restaurant Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0LU
Received 25 Aug 2011Former Chells Family Pub & Restaurant Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0LU
Received 25 Aug 2011Allied Bakeries Cartwright Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QA
Received 25 Aug 20115 Beane Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 7DL
Received 30 Aug 2011244 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4JD
Received 30 Aug 2011534 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4EE
Received 30 Aug 2011146 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2JL
Received 31 Aug 201173 Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RY
Received 31 Aug 2011121 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RE
Received 31 Aug 2011Merley Paper Converters Ltd 14-16 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 26 Aug 201112 The Grange Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 26 Aug 201115 Byron Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0JE
Received 31 Aug 201114-16 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 1 Sept 20112 Bragbury Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8TJ
Received 31 Aug 2011Kentucky Fried Chicken 17 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 1 Sept 2011Kentucky Fried Chicken 17 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 1 Sept 201150 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 5 Sept 2011Stevenage Borough Football Club Broadhall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RH
Received 5 Sept 2011140 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2JL
Received 6 Sept 201128 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JG
Received 6 Sept 201125 Bray Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 6 Sept 2011Manor View Nursing & Residential Home 45 Manor View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PF
Received 7 Sept 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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