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.
11,122 approved · 861 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tesco Supermarket London Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DT
Received 9 Dec 2018The Paddock Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 9 Dec 2018Stevenage Cricket Club Ditchmore Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LJ
Received 10 Dec 20186 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 7 Dec 2018Foxholm 28 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AH
Received 11 Dec 2018Courtlands Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 11 Dec 2018Drapers Arms 76 - 78 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 11 Dec 2018Plot 2000 Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BE
Received 12 Dec 2018Chris Foster House 5 Ditchmore Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LJ
Received 12 Dec 201825 Larkinson Stevenage Herts SG1 3HP
Received 13 Dec 201834 Kimbolton Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8RJ
Received 13 Dec 201819 Made Feld Stevenage Herts SG1 1PQ
Received 14 Dec 20183 Holly Leys Stevenage Herts SG2 8JA
Received 15 Dec 201812 The Noke Stevenage Herts SG2 8LH
Received 17 Dec 201817 The Glebe Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0DL
Received 17 Dec 201842 Sefton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RJ
Received 18 Dec 201872 Brook Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8TP
Received 18 Dec 201852 Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8LR
Received 18 Dec 20183 Daltry Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4BW
Received 18 Dec 2018Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 19 Dec 201816 Carters Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QA
Received 18 Dec 2018Stevenage Motor Centre 282 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8AQ
Received 20 Dec 201837 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AP
Received 20 Dec 20183 Argyle Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2AD
Received 20 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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