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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.
11,171 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Between Watercress Close, Coopers Close And Walnut Tree Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9TN
Received 1 Feb 2021Land Bounded By Lytton Way, Danesgate And London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XH
Received 29 Jan 202120 Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SD
Received 1 Feb 2021The Bragbury Centre Kenilworth Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TB
Received 1 Feb 2021140 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 2 Feb 202133 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BQ
Received 2 Feb 2021Glaxo Sycamore House Leyden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BP
Received 2 Feb 20217 Elbow Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8LP
Received 3 Feb 2021123 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RE
Received 3 Feb 202111 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BD
Received 3 Feb 2021Garages 51-53 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9AG
Received 4 Feb 2021Garages 144-146 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HB
Received 4 Feb 2021Land To South Of Norton Road Stevenage Herts
Received 5 Feb 20218 Minerva Close Stevenage Herts SG2 7RA
Received 5 Feb 2021Abbington Hotel, 23 Hitchin Road And 28 Essex Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BJ
Received 5 Feb 2021Abbington Hotel, 23 Hitchin Road And 28 Essex Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BJ
Received 5 Feb 2021Vincent Motorcycle 16 The Hyde Stevenage Herts SG2 9SD
Received 5 Feb 202144 St. Margarets Stevenage Herts SG2 8RF
Received 5 Feb 202181 Nodes Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AH
Received 7 Feb 202121 Rowland Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1TF
Received 8 Feb 2021The Vincent Motorcycle PH The Hyde Stevenage Herts SG2 9SD
Received 8 Feb 20211 Enjakes Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8BG
Received 8 Feb 202151 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts SG2 7DR
Received 9 Feb 202151 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts SG2 7DR
Received 9 Feb 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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