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.
11,171 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 2000 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
221 Shephall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9RJ
Received 18 Oct 202010 Carters Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QA
Received 19 Oct 202024 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EU
Received 19 Oct 2020237 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5NP
Received 19 Oct 20206 Arlington Court Arlington Business Park Whittle Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2FS
Received 20 Oct 202091 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 20 Oct 202083 Brook Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8TP
Received 21 Oct 202052 Anderson Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LW
Received 21 Oct 2020Plot 2000 Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BE
Received 22 Oct 202030 Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 25 Oct 2020Flat 23 And 24 Walpole Court Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TZ
Received 26 Oct 2020North Car Park Corner Of Six Hills Way And London Road Stevenage SG1 1ST
Received 26 Oct 2020Part Of Highways Embankment Six Hills Corner Of Six Hills Way & London Road Stevenage SG1 1ST
Received 26 Oct 202018 Parishes Mead Stevenage Herts SG2 9QD
Received 27 Oct 2020Six Hills House London Road Stevenage Herts
Received 26 Oct 2020Coreys Cottage Coreys Mill Tates Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4WP
Received 27 Oct 2020123 Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HA
Received 28 Oct 2020Office Rear Of 162 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3LL
Received 28 Oct 202021 Dunn Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1SB
Received 28 Oct 20206 Rookwood Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8PJ
Received 29 Oct 20206 Rookwood Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8PJ
Received 29 Oct 2020Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 29 Oct 202019 Cholwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9JY
Received 30 Oct 202087-97 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DE
Received 1 Nov 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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