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11,174 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
48 Eastbourne Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2EX
Received 2 Jul 202117 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW
Received 4 Jul 202117 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW
Received 4 Jul 202125 Furzedown Stevenage Herts SG2 9EL
Received 5 Jul 202114 Brighton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2JQ
Received 7 Jul 202138 Mildmay Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5TW
Received 7 Jul 2021Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 7 Jul 202128 - 50 Briardale Stevenage Herts SG1 1TP
Received 7 Jul 20214 Glanville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 4FW
Received 8 Jul 2021111 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 9 Jul 202115 Kessingland Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2JR
Received 9 Jul 2021Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BJ
Received 9 Jul 2021Longacres House Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2AN
Received 10 Jul 20213 Twinwoods Stevenage Herts SG1 1RJ
Received 10 Jul 202185 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BL
Received 11 Jul 2021103 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2JH
Received 13 Jul 2021Lonsdale Court Stevenage Herts SG1 5EL
Received 13 Jul 202123 Neptune Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7SH
Received 13 Jul 20219 Newlyn Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JD
Received 13 Jul 2021Garages At Dunn Close Stevenage Herts
Received 13 Jul 20219 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 14 Jul 2021Garages And Forecourt Area To Rear Of 13-19 The Chace Stevenage Herts SG2 8QS
Received 15 Jul 2021Former Kodak Site (Part Of) Bessemer Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 2DJ
Received 15 Jul 2021Aneurin Bevan Court Blyth Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2NQ
Received 15 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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