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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DB
Received 5 Jun 2020211 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HB
Received 9 Jun 2020ASDA Stores Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 9 Jun 2020Unit 2 Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 9 Jun 202017 Tamar Close Stevenage Herts
Received 9 Jun 202010 Cameron Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0HG
Received 10 Jun 20208 Ruckles Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1PE
Received 10 Jun 2020Hertland House Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EE
Received 10 Jun 2020Hertland House Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EE
Received 10 Jun 2020Hertland House Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EE
Received 10 Jun 2020DuPont (UK) Ltd Wedgwood Way Stevenage Herts
Received 11 Jun 2020Unit 2 Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 11 Jun 20207 Ashdown Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8TY
Received 12 Jun 2020Courtlands Chantry Lane Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 11 Jun 2020Courtlands Chantry Lane Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 11 Jun 2020168 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NE
Received 12 Jun 202045 Sheepcroft Hill Stevenage Herts SG2 9PR
Received 15 Jun 20203 Stebbing Farm Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JB
Received 15 Jun 202015 Raban Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8JT
Received 16 Jun 2020Dominic Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 16 Jun 2020Dominic Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 16 Jun 202063 Warwick Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0QT
Received 17 Jun 20202 The Priory Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 17 Jun 2020Cell & Gene Therapy Catapult Manufacturing Centre Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 17 Jun 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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