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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11,174 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
52 St. Albans Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RU
Received 25 Jul 20219 Shephall Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8DH
Received 27 Jul 202124 Kings Walden Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 0JX
Received 29 Jul 202195 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 30 Jul 202128 King George Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3TB
Received 30 Jul 2021National Westminster Bank 26 - 28 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BS
Received 30 Jul 202150 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EF
Received 30 Jul 2021Car Park Bragbury End Sports Ground Aston Lane Aston Stevenage Herts
Received 2 Aug 2021Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 2 Aug 2021Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 2 Aug 2021185 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JG
Received 3 Aug 2021167 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0EA
Received 3 Aug 202130 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BW
Received 3 Aug 2021Sycamore House Leyden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BP
Received 3 Aug 20219 Olde Swann Court Stevenage Herts SG1 3WB
Received 3 Aug 202154 Ayr Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RZ
Received 5 Aug 2021Telecommunications Site Grass Verge At Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5BL
Received 6 Aug 202115 Minerva Close Stevenage Herts SG2 7RA
Received 6 Aug 202118 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ET
Received 6 Aug 2021Gladstone Court Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AY
Received 6 Aug 202128 Manchester Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4TQ
Received 7 Aug 20217 Olde Swann Court Stevenage Herts SG1 3WB
Received 7 Aug 2021Sycamore House Leyden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BP
Received 8 Aug 2021Thomas Alleyns School High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BE
Received 10 Aug 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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