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.
11,100 approved · 859 refused · 699 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Furzedown Stevenage Herts SG2 9EL
Received 22 Nov 201868 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JL
Received 22 Nov 2018Airbus Defence And Space Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2DB
Received 23 Nov 2018Land Adjacent To 93 Shearwater Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9RX
Received 23 Nov 2018Perfect Pizza 115 - 117 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 23 Nov 20184 Town Square Stevenage Herts SG1 1BP
Received 26 Nov 20182 Nicholas Place Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BZ
Received 26 Nov 20183 Nicholas Place Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BZ
Received 27 Nov 201827 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JH
Received 27 Nov 201845 St. Margarets Stevenage Herts SG2 8RF
Received 28 Nov 201851 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TD
Received 28 Nov 2018Land To Front Of 15 Langthorne Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3ND
Received 29 Nov 2018Land To Front Of 2 And 12 Boxberry Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3NE
Received 29 Nov 2018Land To Front Of 76 Brook Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8TP
Received 29 Nov 201885 - 103 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EB
Received 30 Nov 20184 Oakdell Stevenage Herts SG2 8BZ
Received 30 Nov 201889 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RA
Received 2 Dec 20185 Sweyns Mead Stevenage Herts SG2 0JZ
Received 3 Dec 201812 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AL
Received 4 Dec 201892 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 4 Dec 201813 Headingley Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RU
Received 5 Dec 2018Garage On Symonds Green Common Symonds Green Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 2XL
Received 6 Dec 20184 Abbots Grove Stevenage Herts SG1 1NP
Received 6 Dec 201884 Gordian Way Stevenage Herts SG2 7QH
Received 8 Dec 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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