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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.
11,174 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 East Reach Stevenage Herts SG2 9AU
Received 9 May 202133 Lymington Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PE
Received 10 May 202112 Telford Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 0AE
Received 10 May 2021Land To The West Of North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BB
Received 7 May 20216 - 16 Fox Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1JD
Received 10 May 20214 Spencer Way Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 8GD
Received 10 May 2021Dominic Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 10 May 2021Gridserve Stevenage Electric Forecourt Knebworth Park Old Knebworth Knebworth Herts SG1 2ZD
Received 10 May 2021Spark Building Land To The North Of Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 10 May 2021Tarla Restaurant 23 - 25 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW
Received 11 May 2021Tarla Restaurant 23 - 25 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW
Received 11 May 202160 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PX
Received 11 May 20211 Hayley Common Stevenage Herts SG2 9LA
Received 11 May 2021103 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2JH
Received 12 May 202153C Hertford Road Stevenage Herts
Received 12 May 2021Stamford House Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EE
Received 12 May 2021Abbington Hotel 23 Hitchin Road And 28 Essex Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BJ
Received 12 May 2021Woolenwick Infant & Nursery School Bridge Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NU
Received 12 May 2021Dominic Cottage Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 12 May 20211 Corton Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2LB
Received 13 May 202173 The Pastures Stevenage Herts SG2 7DF
Received 13 May 2021Redemption Academy Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LJ
Received 13 May 20216 Ashburnham Walk Stevenage Herts SG2 8DZ
Received 13 May 2021Six Hills House London Road Stevenage Herts
Received 14 May 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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