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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HE
Received 18 Nov 201941 Linkways Stevenage Herts SG1 1PR
Received 18 Nov 201921 Hastings Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JG
Received 18 Nov 201912 Watercress Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9TN
Received 19 Nov 2019Costco Wholesale UK Limited Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EH
Received 21 Nov 2019254 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QU
Received 21 Nov 201965 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage1 Herts SG1 1DN
Received 21 Nov 2019Lundy Southsea Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PH
Received 22 Nov 2019Coreys Cottage Coreys Mill Tates Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4WP
Received 22 Nov 201924 Vallansgate Stevenage Herts SG2 8PY
Received 23 Nov 2019Former Police Station And Garage Block And Associated Parking Southgate Stevenage Herts
Received 26 Nov 2019Rise Gym 2 Pond Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3QP
Received 26 Nov 2019197 Sefton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RP
Received 27 Nov 2019Favorite Chicken & Ribs 88 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 27 Nov 201924 Badminton Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SR
Received 27 Nov 2019Courtlands Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 27 Nov 20191 Modular Business Park Norton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FZ
Received 28 Nov 20191 Modular Business Park Norton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FZ
Received 28 Nov 201935 Cook Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0ET
Received 30 Nov 201918 Briardale Stevenage Herts SG1 1TP
Received 30 Nov 201928 Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 2 Dec 20192A Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HU
Received 2 Dec 201967 Brook Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8TP
Received 3 Dec 2019Gateway 1000 Unit 13 Arlington Business Park Whittle Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2FP
Received 3 Dec 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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