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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
103 Chalkdown Stevenage Herts SG2 7BN
Received 30 Sept 202020 Manor View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PE
Received 1 Oct 202020 Broom Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 1UR
Received 1 Oct 20209 Beane Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 7DL
Received 1 Oct 202045 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PT
Received 1 Oct 202013A Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AZ
Received 2 Oct 2020Chells Way Service Station Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0LZ
Received 2 Oct 202056 Austen Paths Stevenage Herts SG2 0NR
Received 2 Oct 202046 The Muntings Stevenage Herts SG2 9DH
Received 5 Oct 202012 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0EQ
Received 5 Oct 202067 St. Margarets Stevenage Herts SG2 8RE
Received 6 Oct 2020Campion Court Stevenage Herts
Received 6 Oct 2020Land At Webb Rise Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QU
Received 6 Oct 2020Theydon Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 7 Oct 20207- 10 Inns Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3JG
Received 7 Oct 2020Bridon Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 7 Oct 2020189 Ascot Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 5SY
Received 7 Oct 2020128 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4DJ
Received 7 Oct 202018 Shirley Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0JP
Received 9 Oct 2020225 Hopton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LF
Received 8 Oct 20207 Burghley Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SX
Received 12 Oct 20207 Burghley Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SX
Received 12 Oct 2020The Bragbury Centre Kenilworth Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TB
Received 12 Oct 2020The Bragbury Centre Kenilworth Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TB
Received 12 Oct 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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