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11,174 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Alleyns Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PP
Received 7 Apr 2021Land To The West Of Stevenage Stevenage Herts SG1 2TS
Received 7 Apr 202137 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BS
Received 7 Apr 202128 - 50 Briardale Stevenage Herts SG1 1TP
Received 7 Apr 2021Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 7 Apr 2021South Car Park Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 8 Apr 2021Six Hills House London Road Stevenage Herts
Received 8 Apr 202128 The Dell Stevenage Herts SG1 1PH
Received 9 Apr 20214 Shephall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9QR
Received 9 Apr 2021166A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3LL
Received 9 Apr 2021Land At Webb Rise Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QU
Received 10 Apr 20218 Alleyns Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PP
Received 11 Apr 2021140 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 12 Apr 202146 Sheepcroft Hill Stevenage Herts SG2 9PS
Received 12 Apr 202113 Ayr Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RZ
Received 13 Apr 2021Dominic Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 13 Apr 2021Dominic Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 13 Apr 2021Land At Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QU
Received 14 Apr 202142 Burymead Stevenage Herts SG1 4AY
Received 14 Apr 2021Land Adjacent To 24 Shackledell Stevenage Herts SG2 9AE
Received 14 Apr 202168 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DY
Received 15 Apr 202168 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DY
Received 15 Apr 202143 Newton Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0BY
Received 15 Apr 2021Former Chells Play Area Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LJ
Received 15 Apr 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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