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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barnwell Middle School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 10 May 201985 - 103 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EB
Received 10 May 201927 Hayfield Stevenage Herts SG2 7JP
Received 13 May 201924 Almonds Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3RR
Received 13 May 201922 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PX
Received 13 May 201980 Gordian Way Stevenage Herts SG2 7QH
Received 14 May 2019103 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 14 May 2019Costco Wholesale UK Limited Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EH
Received 14 May 2019Costco Wholesale UK Limited Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EH
Received 14 May 2019Barclay Secondary School Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 14 May 2019March Hare 10 Burwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9RF
Received 14 May 2019109 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BL
Received 15 May 20198A Magellan Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NF
Received 15 May 201911 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9AB
Received 15 May 201921 Franklins Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BN
Received 15 May 2019132 Shephall View Stevenage Herts SG1 1RR
Received 15 May 201945 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BQ
Received 15 May 201991 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0ED
Received 16 May 201910 Marlowe Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0JJ
Received 16 May 20199 Beane Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 7DL
Received 17 May 2019St Mary's Church Shephall Green Stevenage Herts
Received 17 May 201949 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QA
Received 20 May 201947 And 49 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QA
Received 21 May 201967 Scott Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0DA
Received 21 May 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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