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.
11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Harefield Stevenage Herts SG2 9NG
Received 27 Mar 2019Land At 29 Shephall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9QN
Received 27 Mar 2019Sheen Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 28 Mar 20195 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 28 Mar 20197 Chouler Gardens Stevenage Herts SG1 4TB
Received 29 Mar 2019Old Cottage High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 29 Mar 20196 Carters Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QA
Received 1 Apr 201941 Salisbury Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PF
Received 2 Apr 2019141 Derby Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5TL
Received 2 Apr 2019146 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JH
Received 2 Apr 201946 St. Albans Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RU
Received 3 Apr 201928 Kings Walden Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 0JX
Received 4 Apr 2019Church Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4DA
Received 5 Apr 2019Church Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts
Received 5 Apr 201955 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8SE
Received 7 Apr 2019417 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JS
Received 7 Apr 201941 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PY
Received 8 Apr 2019Flamingo Produce Cockerell Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2NB
Received 8 Apr 2019ASDA Stores Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 8 Apr 2019ASDA Stores Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 8 Apr 2019Old Red Lion PH Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 10 Apr 201985 Drakes Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 0EZ
Received 11 Apr 20197 The Noke Stevenage Herts SG2 8LH
Received 11 Apr 2019Garage Compound To The South Of 148 - 150 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9YA
Received 11 Apr 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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