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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Ten Acres Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9US
Received 3 Jun 201910 Ten Acres Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9US
Received 3 Jun 2019408 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4EN
Received 4 Jun 201941 Sefton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RJ
Received 4 Jun 2019107 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TD
Received 4 Jun 2019Land To The North Of Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 5 Jun 20196 Carters Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QA
Received 5 Jun 2019Sheen Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 5 Jun 201926 Knights Templars Green Stevenage Herts SG2 0JY
Received 5 Jun 20191 Nycolles Wood And 3 The Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4GR
Received 5 Jun 20191 Park Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8PX
Received 6 Jun 201964 Broom Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 1UU
Received 9 Jun 201992 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5ET
Received 10 Jun 2019179 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1ND
Received 11 Jun 201959 Burydale Stevenage Herts SG2 8AX
Received 11 Jun 2019179 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1ND
Received 11 Jun 201956 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4DQ
Received 12 Jun 2019Chells Manor House Chells Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 7AA
Received 12 Jun 20196 Marlowe Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0JJ
Received 12 Jun 2019128 Shephall View Stevenage Herts SG1 1RR
Received 13 Jun 2019Oakfield Farm Symonds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 13 Jun 201934 Park View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PS
Received 13 Jun 201942 Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LL
Received 13 Jun 201914 Wetherby Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RX
Received 14 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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