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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Costa Coffee 89-91 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HR
Received 21 Jan 2020Favorite Chicken & Ribs 88 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 22 Jan 202024 Trafford Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RY
Received 22 Jan 20207 Chambers Gate Stevenage Herts SG1 3XE
Received 23 Jan 2020Former Chells Play Area Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LJ
Received 23 Jan 202056 Alleyns Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PP
Received 23 Jan 202042 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9XJ
Received 24 Jan 20207 Chouler Gardens Stevenage Herts SG1 4TB
Received 24 Jan 202083B Turpins Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 8QZ
Received 24 Jan 2020Giles Nursery And Infant School Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4JQ
Received 24 Jan 2020Sheen Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 24 Jan 2020Swingate Car Park Swingate Stevenage Herts
Received 25 Jan 20206 Edgeworth Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8JR
Received 25 Jan 2020Former Shephall Way Surgery 29 Shephall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9QN
Received 27 Jan 20201 Petworth Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UP
Received 27 Jan 20209 Four Acres Stevenage Herts SG1 3PL
Received 27 Jan 202037 Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RN
Received 27 Jan 202015 And 17 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0EQ
Received 28 Jan 202022 Balmoral Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UA
Received 28 Jan 202030 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9XJ
Received 28 Jan 202016 Sweyns Mead Stevenage Herts SG2 0JZ
Received 28 Jan 202063 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DD
Received 29 Jan 2020MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 29 Jan 202014 Broxdell Stevenage Herts SG1 3TU
Received 29 Jan 2020Records 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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