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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 The Dell Stevenage Herts SG1 1PH
Received 1 May 202067 Conifer Walk Stevenage Herts SG2 7QS
Received 1 May 202013 Bawdsey Close And 7 Mundesley Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2LA
Received 2 May 2020146 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HG
Received 6 May 202015 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1LT
Received 5 May 202015 Greydells Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3NL
Received 5 May 202063 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TD
Received 7 May 20208 The Plaza Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1PF
Received 7 May 202066 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JQ
Received 11 May 2020Courtlands Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 11 May 202040 Hayfield Stevenage Herts SG2 7JP
Received 11 May 2020Longacres House Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2AN
Received 11 May 202058 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JA
Received 12 May 2020Land At Chadwell Road Norton Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2DP
Received 12 May 2020A6028/A1072 High Mast (No113) 121910 Crossing Of A6028 & 1072 Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 12 May 2020138 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TF
Received 14 May 202056 Austen Paths Stevenage Herts SG2 0NR
Received 14 May 2020188 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NE
Received 14 May 20202 Paddocks Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9UD
Received 15 May 2020112 Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0JA
Received 18 May 202020 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SQ
Received 18 May 202020 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SQ
Received 18 May 20209 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 19 May 20201 Dove Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3YJ
Received 19 May 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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