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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Land To West Of Gresley Way And To The South Of Ferrier Road Stevenage Herts
Received 11 Apr 201961 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NT
Received 12 Apr 2019Gridserve Stevenage Electric Forecourt Knebworth Park Old Knebworth Knebworth Herts SG1 2ZD
Received 11 Apr 20192 Lodge Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8DB
Received 12 Apr 201925 Furzedown Stevenage Herts SG2 9EL
Received 12 Apr 2019Unit 8 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 12 Apr 20192 Nicholas Place Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BZ
Received 13 Apr 201941 Burymead Stevenage Herts SG1 4AY
Received 15 Apr 2019Land To The Rear Of 62 - 72 Barnwell Barnwell Stevenage Herts SG2 9SW
Received 15 Apr 2019Pine Lodge Care Home Graveley Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4YS
Received 15 Apr 2019Land To Side Of 40 Austen Paths Stevenage Herts SG2 0NR
Received 17 Apr 201913 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9AB
Received 17 Apr 20195 Thurlow Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SD
Received 17 Apr 201959 Long Leaves Stevenage Herts SG2 9BB
Received 18 Apr 201913A Holly Copse Stevenage Herts SG1 1QT
Received 18 Apr 201948 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JG
Received 22 Apr 201918 Tates Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4WP
Received 23 Apr 2019Tesco 50 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EF
Received 23 Apr 201981 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QL
Received 24 Apr 20192 Shackleton Spring Stevenage Herts SG2 9DF
Received 24 Apr 2019Longfield Fire And Rescue Service Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 25 Apr 2019MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 27 Apr 201917 Kennett Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3XU
Received 27 Apr 20194 Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 28 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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