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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
190 Telford Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 0AU
Received 17 Dec 201922 Park Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8PX
Received 17 Dec 2019Airbus Defence And Space Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2DB
Received 17 Dec 201938 Neptune Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7SH
Received 16 Dec 201921 - 29 Town Square Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BP
Received 19 Dec 2019Thomas Alleyns School High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BE
Received 19 Dec 20194 Hunters Close Stevenage Herts SG2 7BL
Received 20 Dec 2019Cinnabar 56 - 58 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EF
Received 21 Dec 2019Land To The Rear Of 45 Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LL
Received 21 Dec 2019SG1 Development Site Town Centre Stevenage
Received 20 Dec 20191 Edmonds Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9TJ
Received 23 Dec 20197 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts
Received 31 Dec 20197 Woodland Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BX
Received 2 Jan 2020103 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 3 Jan 2020103 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 6 Jan 2020103 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 7 Jan 2020Unit B2 Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 7 Jan 2020Unit B2 Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 7 Jan 202012 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BS
Received 7 Jan 202011 Woodland Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BX
Received 7 Jan 202035 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 7 Jan 202015 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8QN
Received 8 Jan 2020178 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 9 Jan 2020Tesco Stores Extra (03213) 1 - 5 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 9 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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