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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
493 Scarborough Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2QF
Received 2 Sept 20201 Pepsal End Stevenage Herts SG2 8LW
Received 4 Sept 202010 Gorleston Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JS
Received 4 Sept 202025 The Oval Stevenage Herts SG1 5RD
Received 8 Sept 2020Fred Millard Court Cuttys Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 1UQ
Received 8 Sept 2020Highfield Court Stevenage Herts SG1 5EH
Received 8 Sept 2020Grosvenor Court Stevenage Herts SG1 2JN
Received 9 Sept 2020Norman Court York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HP
Received 9 Sept 2020Medbury Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 9 Sept 2020135 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4TZ
Received 9 Sept 2020Pitt Court Park View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PR
Received 9 Sept 2020Silkin Court Campkin Mead Stevenage Herts SG2 9PU
Received 9 Sept 2020Truro Court Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4LF
Received 9 Sept 2020Wellfield Court Norwich Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4NY
Received 9 Sept 2020MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 10 Sept 2020Forum Chambers The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EL
Received 10 Sept 2020112 St. Margarets Stevenage Herts SG2 8RE
Received 14 Sept 20202 Ashleigh Stevenage Herts SG2 9UW
Received 14 Sept 20201 Trigg Terrace Stevenage Herts SG1 3TX
Received 16 Sept 20205 Petworth Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UP
Received 16 Sept 2020Stamford House Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EE
Received 16 Sept 20202 Badgers Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1UH
Received 17 Sept 2020ASDA Stores Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 18 Sept 202030 Siddons Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0PW
Received 18 Sept 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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