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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
48 Darwin Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0DB
Received 30 Jul 202048 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EG
Received 30 Jul 202012 Goddard End Stevenage Herts SG2 7ER
Received 30 Jul 20207 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 30 Jul 2020Car Park Bounded By Lytton Way, Danesgate And London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1LZ
Received 31 Jul 2020210 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JQ
Received 3 Aug 20204 Mathews Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4XB
Received 5 Aug 202013 Kenmare Close Stevenage Herts
Received 7 Aug 2020217 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8ES
Received 7 Aug 202083 Brook Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8TP
Received 10 Aug 20207 Hastings Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JG
Received 10 Aug 202050 Wigram Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9UX
Received 7 Aug 2020Land Bordered By Ashdown Road, Malvern Close And Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8BG
Received 11 Aug 2020Land Adjacent To 552 And 554 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4EF
Received 10 Aug 20208 Foster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SA
Received 11 Aug 2020Unit 2 Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 11 Aug 20207 Hyde Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XU
Received 11 Aug 202018 St. Margarets Stevenage Herts SG2 8RG
Received 11 Aug 202037 Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PD
Received 12 Aug 202097 Wansbeck Close Stevenage Herts
Received 13 Aug 202010 Windsor Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UD
Received 12 Aug 202014 Park Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8PX
Received 14 Aug 202023 Barham Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HX
Received 17 Aug 202060 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9EA
Received 18 Aug 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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