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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Mary's Church Shephall Green Stevenage Herts
Received 22 May 2019Symonds Green Neighbourhood Centre Units 1-2 Filey Close Stevenage Herts
Received 22 May 201929 Hayfield Stevenage Herts SG2 7JP
Received 23 May 201950 Warwick Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0QS
Received 23 May 201950 Lingfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5SL
Received 23 May 201934 Kimbolton Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8RJ
Received 24 May 2019Bus Shelter To The North Of Asda Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 24 May 2019Longmeadows Symonds Green Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 2HP
Received 25 May 2019Greenside School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 25 May 20198 Byron Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0JE
Received 26 May 2019112 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RB
Received 28 May 201914 Park View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PU
Received 29 May 2019122 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DD
Received 29 May 201963 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TD
Received 29 May 201946 Jupiter Gate Stevenage Herts
Received 29 May 201936 Mildmay Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5TW
Received 30 May 2019121 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4TZ
Received 30 May 201921-29 Town Square Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BP
Received 31 May 201911 Lower Sean Stevenage Herts SG2 9XN
Received 31 May 201914 Sweyns Mead Stevenage Herts SG2 0JZ
Received 31 May 201914 Sweyns Mead Stevenage Herts SG2 0JZ
Received 31 May 201910 Ten Acres Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9US
Received 31 May 201962 Alleyns Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PP
Received 3 Jun 201962 Alleyns Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PP
Received 3 Jun 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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