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11,171 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 10 Nov 2020106 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 10 Nov 202012 Kilner Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5AZ
Received 10 Nov 2020Land Adjacent To 24 Shackledell Stevenage Herts SG2 9AE
Received 10 Nov 2020Garages And Forecourt Area To Rear Of 13-19 The Chace Stevenage Herts SG2 8QS
Received 10 Nov 202060 Derby Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5TS
Received 11 Nov 2020Rooks Nest House Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 11 Nov 202011 Sefton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RH
Received 12 Nov 2020Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 12 Nov 2020John Henry Newman School Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 12 Nov 20204 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AA
Received 13 Nov 2020Follett House Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EE
Received 13 Nov 2020Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 13 Nov 202021 Broadview Stevenage Herts SG1 3TS
Received 14 Nov 2020293 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5HF
Received 15 Nov 202029 The Muntings Stevenage Herts SG2 9DN
Received 16 Nov 202081 Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RY
Received 16 Nov 202043 Furzedown Stevenage Herts SG2 9EL
Received 16 Nov 202082 Marlborough Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HL
Received 17 Nov 2020Stevenage Borough Council Depot Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts
Received 17 Nov 2020Matalan Danestrete Stevenage Herts
Received 17 Nov 202052 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 17 Nov 202028 Hastings Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JG
Received 19 Nov 202010 Gorleston Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JS
Received 20 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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