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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Nycolles Wood Stevenage Herts SG1 4GR
Received 1 Oct 2019The Cromwell Hotel 25 - 27 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AZ
Received 1 Oct 201943 Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PD
Received 2 Oct 2019Flat 2-97 Inclusive Round Mead Stevenage Herts SG2 9PH
Received 2 Oct 201929 Jupiter Gate Stevenage Herts
Received 3 Oct 201968 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JL
Received 4 Oct 2019167 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4EZ
Received 7 Oct 201917 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BE
Received 8 Oct 20198 Granby Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AR
Received 8 Oct 201935 Stanley Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0EF
Received 9 Oct 20191 Blair Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8DE
Received 11 Oct 20199 Oundle Path Stevenage Herts SG2 8LA
Received 11 Oct 201952 Stoney Croft Stevenage Herts SG1 3TW
Received 12 Oct 201952 Beverley Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PP
Received 14 Oct 201917 Downlands Stevenage Herts SG2 7BH
Received 14 Oct 201981 Plash Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 1LL
Received 14 Oct 201969 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5HB
Received 15 Oct 201912 Dove Road Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Oct 201936 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JG
Received 15 Oct 2019Gateway 1000 Unit H-K Arlington Business Park Whittle Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2FP
Received 15 Oct 2019St Mary's Church Shephall Green Stevenage Herts
Received 16 Oct 20199 Watercress Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9TN
Received 17 Oct 20192 Minerva Close Stevenage Herts SG2 7RA
Received 17 Oct 2019261 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LS
Received 18 Oct 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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