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11,171 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
77 Brook Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8TP
Received 18 Jan 202120 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NR
Received 18 Jan 2021Garages 1-8 Ridgeway Stevenage Herts SG1 1PS
Received 18 Jan 2021Garages 83-89 Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HG
Received 18 Jan 202118B Boulton Road Stevenage Herts
Received 20 Jan 2021Austins Funeral Directors 74A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EH
Received 20 Jan 20214 The Glebe Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0DJ
Received 20 Jan 2021Julians Road Surgery 18 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ET
Received 21 Jan 202183 Wigram Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9UX
Received 21 Jan 202152 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 21 Jan 202125 North Road Stevenage Herts
Received 22 Jan 20212 Colts Corner Stevenage Herts SG2 9UG
Received 22 Jan 2021Stevenage FC Training Facility Aston Lane Aston Stevenage Herts SG2 7EL
Received 24 Jan 202169 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 25 Jan 202110 Wellington Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HR
Received 26 Jan 2021The Bragbury Centre Kenilworth Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TB
Received 26 Jan 202143 Brunel Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0AD
Received 26 Jan 202122 Stanley Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0EF
Received 27 Jan 2021Unit 7 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 28 Jan 202130 Siddons Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0PW
Received 29 Jan 2021Unit 11A And 11B Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 30 Jan 2021Unit 11A And 11B Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 30 Jan 202144 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 30 Jan 202117 Raban Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8JT
Received 31 Jan 2021Records 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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