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11,174 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66 Southwark Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4PQ
Received 27 May 2021151 Derby Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5TN
Received 27 May 202183 Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PP
Received 28 May 2021ASDA Stores Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 28 May 202115 Wensum Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3XX
Received 29 May 202198 Telford Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 0AJ
Received 31 May 202120 East Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1PP
Received 1 Jun 2021The Bragbury Centre Kenilworth Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TB
Received 1 Jun 2021Unit B3 Cockerell Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2NB
Received 1 Jun 2021Lamex Stadium Broadhall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RH
Received 2 Jun 2021Gladstone Court Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AY
Received 2 Jun 202191 Chepstow Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5TT
Received 2 Jun 2021Marshgate Car Park St. Georges Way Stevenage Herts
Received 3 Jun 2021Shaftesbury Court Buckthorn Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 1TX
Received 4 Jun 2021The Marquis Of Granby North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BS
Received 4 Jun 2021Junction Of Clovelly Way And Symonds Green Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 2HX
Received 4 Jun 2021Junction Of Corton Close And Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LB
Received 4 Jun 2021128 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 6 Jun 202168 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts SG2 7DS
Received 7 Jun 2021121 Chalkdown Stevenage Herts SG2 7BN
Received 7 Jun 2021Garages At Dunn Close Stevenage Herts
Received 7 Jun 2021Land Adjacent To 32 Chester Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LE
Received 7 Jun 202152 Anderson Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LW
Received 8 Jun 2021The Crooked Billet Symonds Green Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 2HP
Received 8 Jun 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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