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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Cameron Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0HG
Received 27 Aug 2019136 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5HH
Received 28 Aug 201923 Siddons Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0PP
Received 29 Aug 201965 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DN
Received 29 Aug 201932A Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 1 Sept 201963 Trumper Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JZ
Received 2 Sept 2019Wagamama 8 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 3 Sept 2019Wagamama 8 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 3 Sept 20192 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BG
Received 6 Sept 2019Land To The Side Of 20 Greydells Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3NL
Received 6 Sept 201933 Nodes Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AJ
Received 6 Sept 2019Meggitt Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DH
Received 6 Sept 2019Symonds Green Neighbourhood Centre Units 1-2 Filey Close Stevenage Herts
Received 6 Sept 201916 Bowcock Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 1SZ
Received 7 Sept 201913 Furzedown Stevenage Herts SG2 9EN
Received 7 Sept 2019MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 10 Sept 201961 St. Albans Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RU
Received 11 Sept 20196 Brick Kiln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NH
Received 11 Sept 201945 Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LL
Received 11 Sept 20196 Brick Kiln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NH
Received 11 Sept 2019ASDA Stores Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 12 Sept 2019ASDA Stores Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 12 Sept 2019Theydon Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 18 Sept 2019Turnpike Close Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BX
Received 18 Sept 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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