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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 The North Of 5-7 Bowling Green Stevenage Herts SG1 3BH
Received 28 Jun 20196 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HD
Received 1 Jul 2019Wiltron House Rutherford Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2EF
Received 2 Jul 201914 East Reach Stevenage Herts SG2 9AU
Received 2 Jul 201910 Badgers Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1UH
Received 2 Jul 2019Airbus Defence And Space Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2DB
Received 4 Jul 201983 Torquay Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2RH
Received 4 Jul 201918 Wortham Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9SH
Received 4 Jul 2019The Mulberry Tree 60 - 62 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EA
Received 5 Jul 2019The Mulberry Tree 60 - 62 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EA
Received 5 Jul 2019Greenside School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 5 Jul 201987 Lingfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5SQ
Received 6 Jul 201954 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QF
Received 7 Jul 201917 Kennett Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3XU
Received 8 Jul 201949 Woodland Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BU
Received 8 Jul 201921 Alleyns Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PG
Received 8 Jul 201923 Alleyns Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PG
Received 8 Jul 201937 Stanley Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0EF
Received 8 Jul 201923 Siddons Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0PP
Received 9 Jul 201917 Kennett Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3XU
Received 9 Jul 201917 Colestrete Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1RG
Received 10 Jul 2019The Mulberry Tree 60 - 62 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EA
Received 10 Jul 2019The Mulberry Tree 60 - 62 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EA
Received 11 Jul 201981 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QL
Received 11 Jul 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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