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.
7,396 approved · 660 refused · 405 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EH
Received 19 Jan 2012Rise Gym 1 - 2 Pond Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3QP
Received 20 Jan 201236 Dovedale Stevenage Herts SG2 9EP
Received 23 Jan 2012Stevenage Packaging 162 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3LL
Received 23 Jan 20124 Turner Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4AF
Received 23 Jan 20126 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HD
Received 25 Jan 201222 Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 25 Jan 201212 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HE
Received 25 Jan 2012Wickes Building Supplies Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1XP
Received 25 Jan 2012307 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5HF
Received 25 Jan 2012MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 26 Jan 201217 Cuttys Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 1UP
Received 26 Jan 201222A Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EU
Received 30 Jan 201253 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BH
Received 30 Jan 2012Forum Chambers The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EL
Received 1 Feb 2012Bridon Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 1 Feb 2012Land Off Hertford Road Stevenage Herts
Received 1 Feb 2012Bakers Oven 67 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DN
Received 2 Feb 2012Travel Inn Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AA
Received 2 Feb 2012Q E D Recruitment Specialists Ltd 18-20 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 1 Feb 2012224 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4JB
Received 2 Feb 2012Poynings Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 3 Feb 2012Ace Taxis 29 - 29A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 7 Feb 2012Ace Taxis 29 - 29A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 7 Feb 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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