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.
7,350 approved · 655 refused · 399 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 28 Oct 2011Arts & Leisure Centre Lytton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LZ
Received 1 Nov 201118 Burwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9RQ
Received 2 Nov 2011247 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QP
Received 2 Nov 20112 Rooks Nest Cottages Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 2 Nov 2011Instone Memorials 114A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 2 Nov 20119 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 4 Nov 2011Whitney Wood Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts
Received 4 Nov 201125 Manchester Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4TQ
Received 7 Nov 20111 Denton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1SX
Received 4 Nov 2011Whitney Wood Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts
Received 4 Nov 20116 Forest Row Stevenage Herts SG2 8BY
Received 7 Nov 2011Stevenage Packaging 162 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3LL
Received 7 Nov 201113 The Grange Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 8 Nov 2011121 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4TZ
Received 7 Nov 2011UNIT 7B Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 8 Nov 2011Stevenage Packaging 162 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3LL
Received 9 Nov 201137 Gonville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9LX
Received 9 Nov 201111 Market Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DH
Received 11 Nov 201168 Lingfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5SQ
Received 11 Nov 2011Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 14 Nov 20116 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HD
Received 14 Nov 2011Unit A, Dunelm Mill Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire
Received 14 Nov 2011Unit 6 The Plaza Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1PF
Received 15 Nov 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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