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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BW
Received 5 Mar 2020Car Park Bounded By Lytton Way, Danesgate And London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1LZ
Received 5 Mar 202018 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 5 Mar 202028 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RA
Received 5 Mar 202046 Sandown Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5SF
Received 6 Mar 20207A Lyndale Stevenage Herts SG1 1UB
Received 6 Mar 2020Unit 1 Chilton House Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4QN
Received 6 Mar 2020Unit 1 Chilton House Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4QN
Received 6 Mar 2020Courtlands Chantry Lane Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 7 Mar 202026 Exchange Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1PZ
Received 7 Mar 2020465 Scarborough Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2QD
Received 10 Mar 20204 Hunters Close Stevenage Herts SG2 7BL
Received 10 Mar 2020330 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4DU
Received 11 Mar 20203 Darwin Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0DE
Received 11 Mar 202098 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PT
Received 11 Mar 202020 Essex Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EX
Received 11 Mar 20207 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 12 Mar 20207 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 12 Mar 20206-8 Willows Link Stevenage Herts SG2 8AR
Received 13 Mar 202012-14 Willows Link Stevenage Herts SG2 8AR
Received 13 Mar 202045 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DB
Received 13 Mar 2020168 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NE
Received 13 Mar 2020Dental Surgery 5 Exeter Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4PN
Received 14 Mar 202010 Ashleigh Stevenage Herts SG2 9UW
Received 16 Mar 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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