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.
11,149 approved · 862 refused · 700 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
99 Ferrier Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0PE
Received 17 Jan 201930 Exchange Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1PZ
Received 17 Jan 2019Martins Wood Primary School Mildmay Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RT
Received 18 Jan 20195 Dunwich Farm Stevenage Herts SG1 2JX
Received 18 Jan 201916 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HE
Received 18 Jan 201915 St. Davids Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4UZ
Received 18 Jan 20193 East Reach Stevenage Herts SG2 9AU
Received 21 Jan 20193 Nicholas Place Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BZ
Received 21 Jan 201937 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QF
Received 21 Jan 201937 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QF
Received 21 Jan 201950 Jupiter Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7ST
Received 21 Jan 20199 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QA
Received 22 Jan 201947 The Lawns Stevenage Herts SG2 9RT
Received 22 Jan 20198 Barclay Gardens Stevenage Herts SG1 3BF
Received 22 Jan 20192 Lodge Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8DB
Received 22 Jan 2019Dale End Twinwoods Stevenage Herts SG1 1RJ
Received 22 Jan 20197 Christie Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0NT
Received 23 Jan 20191 Flinders Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NE
Received 23 Jan 201941 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 23 Jan 2019101 Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0HZ
Received 23 Jan 20194 Popple Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3TG
Received 23 Jan 201939 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1LU
Received 24 Jan 201941 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1LU
Received 24 Jan 2019Former DuPont Site Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4QN
Received 24 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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