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11,174 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9ES
Received 22 Jun 202160 Stoney Croft Stevenage Herts SG1 3TW
Received 22 Jun 2021MKG Motor Group Limited Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0LZ
Received 22 Jun 202124 Hayley Common Stevenage Herts SG2 9JZ
Received 23 Jun 202169 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BH
Received 23 Jun 202112 Torquay Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2RT
Received 24 Jun 20212 Old Bourne Way Stevenage Herts SG1 6AD
Received 24 Jun 202162 Grenville Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8XZ
Received 24 Jun 2021140 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 24 Jun 202132 - 42 Silam Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1JJ
Received 24 Jun 2021The Oval Community Centre The Oval Stevenage Herts
Received 24 Jun 2021134 Marymead Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AG
Received 24 Jun 202125 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5NJ
Received 25 Jun 2021Clare's Little Bears Playgroup/Pre-School Club Stanmore Hall Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QE
Received 25 Jun 20211 Hayley Common Stevenage Herts SG2 9LA
Received 26 Jun 202114 Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QR
Received 28 Jun 2021Priory Meadow Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 29 Jun 202126 Southsea Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PJ
Received 30 Jun 202181A - 91A Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0HY
Received 30 Jun 202163 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BH
Received 1 Jul 2021Silkin Court Campkin Mead Stevenage Herts SG2 9PU
Received 1 Jul 202137 Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RN
Received 1 Jul 202126 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SQ
Received 1 Jul 2021Michael Faraday House Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0QA
Received 1 Jul 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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