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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.
7,368 approved · 657 refused · 400 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Kessingland Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2JR
Received 28 Nov 201130 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 25 Nov 201130 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 25 Nov 2011Land Adjacent To 16 Kennett Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3XU
Received 30 Nov 2011Land Off Hertford Road Stevenage Herts
Received 30 Nov 2011125 Wigram Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9UT
Received 2 Dec 2011155 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DD
Received 1 Dec 201194 Downlands Stevenage Herts SG2 7BJ
Received 2 Dec 201158 Eastbourne Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2EX
Received 5 Dec 20113 Wood Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8PA
Received 5 Dec 201114 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9AB
Received 5 Dec 2011Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NY
Received 5 Dec 2011Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NY
Received 5 Dec 20112 And 2B High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 6 Dec 2011Arts & Leisure Centre Lytton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LZ
Received 7 Dec 20114 Norton Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2DP
Received 7 Dec 2011Unit 1D, Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 9 Dec 20114 Magellan Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NF
Received 9 Dec 2011Broadhall House, Gateway 1000 Whittle Way Arlington Business Park Stevenage Herts SG1 2FP
Received 13 Dec 201183 Downlands Stevenage Herts SG2 7BJ
Received 15 Dec 201115 Warwick Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0QT
Received 16 Dec 201164 Morecambe Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2BF
Received 16 Dec 2011Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NY
Received 16 Dec 2011Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 14 Dec 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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