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.
7,403 approved · 661 refused · 406 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Jupiter Gate Stevenage Herts
Received 7 Feb 201260 Whitesmead Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3LA
Received 9 Feb 201215 Stoney Croft Stevenage Herts SG1 3TW
Received 9 Feb 20121 The Glynde Stevenage Herts SG2 8SY
Received 9 Feb 2012Cromer House Caxton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DF
Received 10 Feb 2012216 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QX
Received 13 Feb 201231 Neptune Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7SH
Received 13 Feb 2012Stevenage Borough Football Club Broadhall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RH
Received 14 Feb 20123 Dewpond Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3BL
Received 13 Feb 201230 Huntingdon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PA
Received 14 Feb 201239 Kessingland Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2JR
Received 13 Feb 201215 East Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1PP
Received 14 Feb 2012Armstrong House Norton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LX
Received 14 Feb 201226 Tates Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4WP
Received 14 Feb 2012MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 15 Feb 2012Ibis Hotel The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Feb 201257 Trent Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RT
Received 16 Feb 201215 Glenwood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QT
Received 14 Feb 201215 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QJ
Received 17 Feb 201215 Buckthorn Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 1TT
Received 20 Feb 20124 The Orbital Centre Cockerell Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2NB
Received 21 Feb 2012Unit 2A & 2B Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XJ
Received 21 Feb 2012Chells Manor Community Centre 12 Emperors Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7QX
Received 22 Feb 2012166 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NE
Received 27 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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