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.
11,129 approved · 862 refused · 700 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
41 Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JB
Received 20 Dec 2018138 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HZ
Received 20 Dec 2018122 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PT
Received 21 Dec 201817 Brookhill Stevenage Herts SG2 8RR
Received 21 Dec 201883 Torquay Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2RH
Received 21 Dec 201858 Alleyns Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PP
Received 21 Dec 201815 Foster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SA
Received 28 Dec 2018447 Scarborough Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2QB
Received 28 Dec 2018Land Between Watercress Close, Coopers Close And Walnut Tree Close
Received 4 Jan 2019Development Site At Former 3 Argyle Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2AD
Received 8 Jan 2019Former John Lewis Plc Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EH
Received 8 Jan 201942 Trajan Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7QG
Received 10 Jan 20196 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HD
Received 10 Jan 2019The Hyde Convenience 25 The Hyde Stevenage Herts SG2 9SD
Received 11 Jan 2019The Hyde Convenience 25 The Hyde Stevenage Herts SG2 9SD
Received 11 Jan 2019Land At Chadwell Road Norton Green Stevenage Herts
Received 11 Jan 201985 - 103 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EB
Received 11 Jan 2019MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 11 Jan 201975 Turpins Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 8QZ
Received 14 Jan 201935A & 35B Gonville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9LX
Received 14 Jan 2019Former John Lewis Plc Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EH
Received 15 Jan 2019Former John Lewis Plc Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EH
Received 15 Jan 201936 Penn Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1JA
Received 15 Jan 201945 Long Leaves Stevenage Herts SG2 9AX
Received 16 Jan 2019Records 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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