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.
10,898 approved · 854 refused · 694 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Unit 13 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 9 May 201815 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HD
Received 9 May 201813 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HD
Received 9 May 201812 Walsham Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SS
Received 10 May 201823 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW
Received 10 May 201885 - 103 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EB
Received 11 May 201831 Kingfisher Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9PF
Received 13 May 201818 Lawrence Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JX
Received 15 May 2018Land To The Rear Of 13 Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BJ
Received 15 May 201842 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2HX
Received 16 May 201893 Shearwater Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9RX
Received 16 May 201816 Gordian Way Stevenage Herts SG2 7QF
Received 16 May 2018Former National Westminster Bank Plc 37 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AR
Received 17 May 201885 - 103 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EB
Received 17 May 2018Greenside School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 18 May 2018Caswell House Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts
Received 18 May 201814 Byron Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0JE
Received 21 May 2018108 Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0JA
Received 21 May 201820 Boxberry Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3NE
Received 21 May 20183 Titmus Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3LQ
Received 22 May 2018119A Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8SH
Received 22 May 2018Former John Lewis Plc Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EH
Received 23 May 20181 Bedwell Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 1NL
Received 24 May 201813 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DA
Received 24 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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