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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Eastbourne Lodge 48A Eastbourne Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2EX
Received 9 Aug 2019Airbus Defence And Space Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2DB
Received 9 Aug 2019Airbus Defence And Space Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2DB
Received 10 Aug 201950 Brixham Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2RZ
Received 10 Aug 2019Land At Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QU
Received 13 Aug 201995 - 103 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 13 Aug 2019Bunyan Baptist Church Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PU
Received 14 Aug 201917 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0EQ
Received 15 Aug 2019Longmeadows Symonds Green Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 2HP
Received 15 Aug 201969 Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PL
Received 16 Aug 201911 Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0LA
Received 16 Aug 201944 Wansbeck Close Stevenage Herts
Received 17 Aug 2019220 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HL
Received 19 Aug 201922 Kings Walden Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 0JX
Received 19 Aug 201997 Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8LT
Received 19 Aug 201941 Burymead Stevenage Herts SG1 4AY
Received 19 Aug 2019111 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4TZ
Received 20 Aug 2019220 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HL
Received 20 Aug 201916 Wellington Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HR
Received 21 Aug 2019Land At 15-29 And 14-38 Park Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts
Received 6 Aug 2019The Bragbury Centre Kenilworth Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TB
Received 21 Aug 201922 Old Bourne Way Stevenage Herts SG1 6AD
Received 21 Aug 201955 Whomerley Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1SR
Received 22 Aug 2019Gunnels Wood Starbucks Arlington Business Park Whittle Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2GX
Received 23 Aug 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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