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.
10,970 approved · 856 refused · 695 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
256 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5NA
Received 28 Jul 20182 Morley Cottages Chells Lane Stevenage Herts
Received 29 Jul 201836 Marlborough Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HN
Received 30 Jul 20183 And 4 Ditchmore Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LJ
Received 27 Jul 201865 Burymead Stevenage Herts SG1 4AY
Received 31 Jul 20186 Norton Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2DP
Received 31 Jul 20182 Lodge Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8DB
Received 31 Jul 20181A Inskip Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1JX
Received 31 Jul 2018152 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HZ
Received 1 Aug 201831 Kingfisher Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9PF
Received 1 Aug 20183 Bournemouth Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PN
Received 30 Jul 2018Chestnut House 101A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HR
Received 30 Jul 2018Silkin Court Campkin Mead Stevenage Hertfordshire
Received 1 Aug 2018130 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4TZ
Received 2 Aug 20185 Essex Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3FA
Received 3 Aug 201848 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NR
Received 3 Aug 201860 Uplands Stevenage Herts SG2 7DW
Received 6 Aug 201865 Burymead Stevenage Herts SG1 4AY
Received 7 Aug 2018Quality Part X Wedgwood Park Unit 1 - 5 Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts
Received 7 Aug 201839 Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PD
Received 7 Aug 201812 Park Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DP
Received 8 Aug 2018Lintott Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3LZ
Received 8 Aug 2018Comark House Gunnels Wood Park Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2TA
Received 8 Aug 201824 Ferrier Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0NU
Received 9 Aug 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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