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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 Wansbeck Close Stevenage Herts
Received 19 Oct 201971 Beane Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 7DL
Received 22 Oct 20198A And 8B Magellan Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0NF
Received 23 Oct 2019149 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NE
Received 23 Oct 2019120 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PT
Received 24 Oct 201918 Beale Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0LS
Received 24 Oct 201956 Alleyns Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PP
Received 24 Oct 201948 Made Feld Stevenage Herts SG1 1PQ
Received 24 Oct 201922 Kings Walden Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 0JX
Received 24 Oct 2019526 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4EP
Received 25 Oct 20191 Edison Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0DG
Received 26 Oct 20191 Admiral Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4FL
Received 28 Oct 20199 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 28 Oct 20196 Marlowe Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0JJ
Received 28 Oct 201922 Greydells Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3NJ
Received 29 Oct 201913 Medalls Path Stevenage Herts SG2 9DX
Received 29 Oct 20194 Rectory Croft Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 29 Oct 201914 To 20 Paddocks Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9UD
Received 29 Oct 20199 Sweyns Mead Stevenage Herts SG2 0JZ
Received 29 Oct 201985 - 103 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EB
Received 29 Oct 2019117 Mildmay Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RS
Received 31 Oct 2019Lost Ark Games Ltd 58 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EE
Received 1 Nov 20192 Sweyns Mead Stevenage Herts SG2 0JZ
Received 1 Nov 2019Anson 137 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8ST
Received 1 Nov 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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