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.
10,989 approved · 857 refused · 696 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit O Shangri La Farm Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 28 Aug 201822 Hadwell Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9DR
Received 28 Aug 201833 Ashdown Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8TX
Received 28 Aug 20188 Marlborough Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HP
Received 28 Aug 20181 Brook Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8TT
Received 29 Aug 20181 Rookwood Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8PJ
Received 29 Aug 2018Caswell House Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts
Received 29 Aug 201831 Burghley Close Stevenage Herts
Received 30 Aug 201824 Dovedale Stevenage Herts SG2 9EJ
Received 30 Aug 2018251 Telford Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 0AU
Received 30 Aug 2018MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 31 Aug 20189 Flinders Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NE
Received 6 Sept 20181 Park Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8PX
Received 6 Sept 2018172 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HQ
Received 6 Sept 2018Unit 6A & 6B Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 7 Sept 2018228 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HJ
Received 10 Sept 201847 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 10 Sept 201881 Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PP
Received 10 Sept 20189 Beane Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 7DL
Received 11 Sept 201875 Turpins Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 8QZ
Received 11 Sept 2018Ashenhurst Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 11 Sept 201848 Derby Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5TR
Received 11 Sept 201851 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QA
Received 12 Sept 201848 Derby Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5TR
Received 12 Sept 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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