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.
11,174 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
53 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EJ
Received 5 Mar 20212 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BG
Received 5 Mar 202160 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PX
Received 5 Mar 202124 Ellis Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3SA
Received 6 Mar 202123 Park View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PU
Received 6 Mar 2021149 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9YA
Received 8 Mar 20214 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AP
Received 8 Mar 2021Unit B6 Cockerell Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2NB
Received 9 Mar 2021Airbus Defence And Space Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2DB
Received 9 Mar 2021Broom Barns School Homestead Moat Stevenage Herts SG1 1UE
Received 10 Mar 202119 Cabot Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0ES
Received 10 Mar 202144 Greydells Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3NJ
Received 10 Mar 202146 Sheepcroft Hill Stevenage Herts SG2 9PS
Received 10 Mar 2021Southend Farm 131 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 10 Mar 20218 Foster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SA
Received 10 Mar 2021Sala Thong 112 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 11 Mar 2021Sala Thong 112 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 11 Mar 202147 Skegness Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2HS
Received 11 Mar 202185 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 12 Mar 202142 Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 12 Mar 202134 Roebuck Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 8DL
Received 13 Mar 2021188 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JQ
Received 12 Mar 20215 Park Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8PX
Received 15 Mar 20212 Letchmore Villas Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JE
Received 15 Mar 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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