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.
11,033 approved · 858 refused · 698 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ASDA Stores Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 27 Sept 20183 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AN
Received 28 Sept 20187 The Brambles Stevenage Herts SG1 4AU
Received 28 Sept 2018148 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PT
Received 29 Sept 201880 Kymswell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9JS
Received 1 Oct 201825 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QJ
Received 1 Oct 201825 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QJ
Received 1 Oct 2018Inline Orthodontists 5 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JH
Received 2 Oct 201883 Torquay Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2RH
Received 2 Oct 2018Former John Lewis Plc Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EH
Received 2 Oct 201863 Carters Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QA
Received 3 Oct 2018129 Verity Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5PP
Received 3 Oct 201824 Ellis Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3SA
Received 4 Oct 201824 Ellis Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3SA
Received 4 Oct 201821 Franklins Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BN
Received 4 Oct 2018132 Shephall View Stevenage Herts SG1 1RR
Received 4 Oct 2018Priory Meadow Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 5 Oct 20181 Speke Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NQ
Received 5 Oct 201820 To 30 Plash Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 1LW
Received 5 Oct 201818 Kennett Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3XU
Received 5 Oct 201844 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EG
Received 8 Oct 20183 Argyle Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2AD
Received 8 Oct 201852 Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8LR
Received 8 Oct 20185 Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 8 Oct 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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