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.
7,378 approved · 658 refused · 401 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chequers House, Rear Of 162 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3LL
Received 19 Dec 2011Plot 2000 Arlington Business Park Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts
Received 20 Dec 20119 Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PB
Received 19 Dec 20111 Lintott Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3LZ
Received 22 Dec 2011Toppers Digital Print Centre 93 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HR
Received 23 Dec 201124 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1LU
Received 23 Dec 201155 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8BD
Received 23 Dec 201136 Darwin Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0DB
Received 4 Jan 201255 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QF
Received 4 Jan 20122 School Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9TY
Received 6 Jan 201219-21 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW
Received 6 Jan 20121 Edmonds Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9TJ
Received 10 Jan 20122 And 2B High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 11 Jan 2012Thomas Alleyns School High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BE
Received 12 Jan 201218 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QB
Received 12 Jan 201220 Daltry Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AW
Received 13 Jan 20128 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 16 Jan 201288 Gonville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9LX
Received 16 Jan 2012116 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JA
Received 16 Jan 201222 Brighton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2JQ
Received 17 Jan 2012Travel Inn Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AA
Received 19 Jan 201240 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PR
Received 19 Jan 201266 Skegness Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2HT
Received 19 Jan 201220 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EH
Received 18 Jan 2012Records 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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