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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JA
Received 14 Jun 201910 St. Andrews Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4UY
Received 14 Jun 20198 Granby Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AR
Received 14 Jun 201941 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QJ
Received 18 Jun 20191-5 Inclusive Fairlight Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3DQ
Received 18 Jun 2019Caswell House Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts
Received 19 Jun 201965 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 20 Jun 2019101 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QN
Received 21 Jun 2019119B Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8SH
Received 21 Jun 201985 -103 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 21 Jun 201985 - 103 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 21 Jun 201985 - 103 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 21 Jun 2019The Gatehouse Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 24 Jun 201985-103 Queensway Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 24 Jun 201985-103 Queensway Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 24 Jun 201964 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JJ
Received 24 Jun 2019Former DuPont Site Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts
Received 25 Jun 201936 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BW
Received 25 Jun 201942 Goddard End Stevenage Herts SG2 7ER
Received 25 Jun 201925 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DA
Received 26 Jun 201912 Mackenzie Square Stevenage Herts SG2 9TT
Received 27 Jun 20191 Leslie Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9NB
Received 28 Jun 201940 Knights Templars Green Stevenage Herts SG2 0JY
Received 28 Jun 2019On The Green Restaurant 11 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 28 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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