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.
10,838 approved · 854 refused · 691 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jun 2000 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 27 Mar 201821 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5NJ
Received 28 Mar 201817 Orwell Avenue Stevenage Herts
Received 29 Mar 20181 Bandley Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9LS
Received 28 Mar 2018191 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5HD
Received 29 Mar 2018119 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8SH
Received 29 Mar 201819 Orwell Avenue Stevenage Herts
Received 29 Mar 20187 Made Feld Stevenage Herts SG1 1PG
Received 29 Mar 2018219 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 3 Apr 201889 The Paddocks Stevenage Herts SG2 9UF
Received 3 Apr 20181 Ivel Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HJ
Received 3 Apr 201829 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 2 Apr 2018Former Gas Works Site Norton Road Stevenage Herts
Received 3 Apr 201810 Douglas Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 5PE
Received 3 Apr 201836 Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RW
Received 3 Apr 201836 Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RW
Received 4 Apr 2018455 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HE
Received 4 Apr 201832 Montfichet Walk Stevenage Herts SG2 7DT
Received 4 Apr 201826 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 3 Apr 20181A Inskip Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1JX
Received 5 Apr 201814 Leslie Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9NB
Received 6 Apr 201856 Hayfield Stevenage Herts SG2 7JP
Received 9 Apr 20182 Manchester Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4TQ
Received 9 Apr 201861 Featherston Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9PN
Received 9 Apr 2018Records 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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