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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11,170 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Bragbury Centre Kenilworth Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TB
Received 12 Oct 202032 Shephall View Stevenage Herts SG1 1RL
Received 12 Oct 2020Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 12 Oct 2020Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 12 Oct 2020Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 12 Oct 2020Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 12 Oct 2020Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 12 Oct 2020Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 12 Oct 2020Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 12 Oct 2020Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 12 Oct 2020Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 12 Oct 2020Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 12 Oct 2020Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 12 Oct 2020Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 12 Oct 2020Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 12 Oct 202049 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BS
Received 12 Oct 202028 Tates Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4WP
Received 13 Oct 202021 -29 Town Square Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BP
Received 14 Oct 202050 Wigram Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9UX
Received 15 Oct 202014 Brick Kiln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NH
Received 16 Oct 2020189 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4JP
Received 16 Oct 2020Car Park Bounded By Lytton Way, Danesgate And London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1LZ
Received 16 Oct 2020Cell & Gene Therapy Catapult Manufacturing Centre Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 16 Oct 2020221 Shephall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9RJ
Received 18 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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