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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 3, Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 30 Jan 2020Unit 3 Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 30 Jan 202047 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 2 Feb 202024 Walsham Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SS
Received 2 Feb 202075 Turpins Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 8QZ
Received 3 Feb 202012 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AL
Received 3 Feb 202067 Conifer Walk Stevenage Herts SG2 7QS
Received 4 Feb 202041 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1LU
Received 5 Feb 2020173 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DQ
Received 6 Feb 2020Shephalbury Park Broadhall Way Stevenage SG2 8BS
Received 6 Feb 20204 Foster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SA
Received 10 Feb 2020Caswell House Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts
Received 13 Feb 202016 Shephall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9QW
Received 14 Feb 202046 St. Margarets Stevenage Herts SG2 8RF
Received 14 Feb 2020MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 14 Feb 202020 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JH
Received 15 Feb 2020106 St. Margarets Stevenage Herts SG2 8RE
Received 15 Feb 202048 Wood Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8NX
Received 16 Feb 2020188 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NE
Received 17 Feb 202013 Cromwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HT
Received 18 Feb 20206 Essex Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EZ
Received 18 Feb 202020 Dewpond Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3BL
Received 20 Feb 202012 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AL
Received 20 Feb 20201- 5 Rooks Nest Cottages Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 21 Feb 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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