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11,171 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
16 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts SG2 7DR
Received 14 Dec 202011 Rye Close Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Dec 202050 Nodes Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AH
Received 15 Dec 202042 Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 16 Dec 2020Austins Funeral Directors 74A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EH
Received 17 Dec 20205-13, 35-42, 47-52 And 68-76 Baron Court Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RR
Received 17 Dec 2020133 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2JL
Received 18 Dec 2020MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 18 Dec 20202 Whitesmead Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3LB
Received 21 Dec 2020107 Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0LT
Received 21 Dec 2020Plot 2000 Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BE
Received 21 Dec 202063 Gordian Way Stevenage Herts SG2 7QH
Received 22 Dec 202063 Warwick Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0QT
Received 23 Dec 202041 Lime Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QB
Received 23 Dec 202014 Glenwood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QT
Received 23 Dec 2020303 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LS
Received 24 Dec 202038 Franklins Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BW
Received 24 Dec 202018 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts SG2 7DR
Received 24 Dec 202093 Chapman Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4RJ
Received 27 Dec 202085 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9EA
Received 28 Dec 202085 The Willows Stevenage Herts SG2 8AW
Received 29 Dec 202021 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QJ
Received 29 Dec 2020107A - 109A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 31 Dec 2020107A - 109A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 31 Dec 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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