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.
10,884 approved · 854 refused · 693 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
53 Harvey Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0BD
Received 24 Apr 201836 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 25 Apr 2018Manor View Nursing & Residential Home 45 Manor View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PF
Received 25 Apr 2018Boots UK Ltd 54 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EF
Received 25 Apr 20183 Sandown Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5SD
Received 26 Apr 20188 Stoney Croft Stevenage Herts SG1 3TN
Received 26 Apr 2018Land Adjacent To 93 Shearwater Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9RX
Received 27 Apr 2018Caswell House Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts
Received 27 Apr 2018Six Hills House London Road Stevenage Herts
Received 30 Apr 201879 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 1 May 20188A Magellan Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NF
Received 1 May 2018Greenside School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 1 May 201820 Faraday Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0BJ
Received 1 May 2018Greenside School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 2 May 2018Between 75 Queensway And 4 Park Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DP
Received 2 May 201824 East Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1PP
Received 2 May 20181 Bedwell Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 1NL
Received 3 May 2018Gratte Brothers Ltd 3 Crompton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EE
Received 4 May 20185 Lodge Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8DB
Received 8 May 201861 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 8 May 201831 Burghley Close Stevenage Herts
Received 8 May 201813 Telford Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 0AE
Received 8 May 20183 Gorleston Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JS
Received 8 May 201848 Fawcett Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0EJ
Received 8 May 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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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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