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.
10,942 approved · 854 refused · 695 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
69 Shearwater Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9RX
Received 26 Jun 20181 Bandley Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9LS
Received 26 Jun 20182 Medalls Path Stevenage Herts SG2 9DX
Received 27 Jun 2018Caswell House Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts
Received 27 Jun 201861 Featherston Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9PN
Received 27 Jun 2018Unit 6 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 27 Jun 201810 Burns Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0JN
Received 28 Jun 201836 Brook Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8TR
Received 29 Jun 201813 Victoria Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3PB
Received 29 Jun 20182 Essex Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3FA
Received 29 Jun 201820 Featherston Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9PN
Received 30 Jun 201854 Balmoral Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UA
Received 2 Jul 20185- 6 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 2 Jul 20185-6 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 2 Jul 2018Land To The Front Of 95 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 2 Jul 2018Land To Front Of 95 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 2 Jul 201817 Oakfields Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8NQ
Received 2 Jul 2018355 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LU
Received 4 Jul 2018ASDA Stores Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 4 Jul 2018Tarrant Court Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RG
Received 4 Jul 201835 William Place Stevenage Herts SG2 9DJ
Received 4 Jul 2018Comark House Gunnels Wood Park Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2TA
Received 4 Jul 201885 - 103 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EB
Received 5 Jul 2018The Coach House Rear Of 9 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 5 Jul 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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