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.
7,325 approved · 651 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
161 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0EA
Received 8 Sept 201137 Gonville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9LX
Received 9 Sept 2011182 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 9 Sept 2011ASDA Stores Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 12 Sept 201135 Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JB
Received 13 Sept 201110 Glanville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 4FW
Received 14 Sept 201128 Gonville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9LT
Received 14 Sept 201142 Skegness Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2HS
Received 14 Sept 2011Stagedoor 112 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 15 Sept 2011Domino's Pizza 107 - 109 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 14 Sept 2011170 And 172 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NE
Received 15 Sept 201140 Whitesmead Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3LB
Received 19 Sept 201120 Christie Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0NT
Received 20 Sept 201140 Trajan Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7QG
Received 20 Sept 2011Land At Norton Road Stevenage Herts
Received 20 Sept 2011Barclays Bank Ltd 68 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DY
Received 22 Sept 2011Turnpike Close Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BX
Received 22 Sept 2011211 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 21 Sept 201176 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NR
Received 23 Sept 2011168 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EP
Received 21 Sept 2011Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 23 Sept 2011216 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QX
Received 27 Sept 201137 Burymead Stevenage Herts SG1 4AX
Received 26 Sept 201194 And 98B High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 28 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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