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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.
11,176 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Hollyshaws Stevenage Herts SG2 8NZ
Received 1 Sept 2021Highfield Court Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5EH
Received 1 Sept 2021445 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HD
Received 1 Sept 20211 Caister Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JP
Received 1 Sept 2021Roundabout At Junction Of Hitchin Road/Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts
Received 1 Sept 2021Roundabout At Junction Of Clovelly Way And Rutherford Close Stevenage
Received 1 Sept 2021Roundabout At Junction Of Great Ashby Way And Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts
Received 1 Sept 2021Roundabout At Junction Of Fairlands Way And Verity Way Stevenage Herts
Received 1 Sept 202167 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 1 Sept 2021Roundabout At Junction With Broadhall Way, Oaks Cross And Shephall Way Stevenage Herts
Received 2 Sept 202196 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HY
Received 2 Sept 2021Courtlands Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 2 Sept 20217 Cameron Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0HG
Received 2 Sept 2021Roundabout At Junction Of Gunnels Wood Road And Six Hills Way And Roundabout At Junction Of London Road And B And Q Superstore Stevenage Herts
Received 2 Sept 202116 Hampton Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SP
Received 4 Sept 202110 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW
Received 6 Sept 202110 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW
Received 6 Sept 202111 Vallansgate Stevenage Herts SG2 8PY
Received 6 Sept 202114 Barclay Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 3NA
Received 7 Sept 2021A602 Broadhall Way And Gunnels Wood Road Roundabout Stevenage Herts
Received 7 Sept 2021Six Hills Way And Gresley Way Roundabout Stevenage Herts
Received 7 Sept 2021Fairlands Way And Gresley Way Roundabout Stevenage Herts
Received 7 Sept 202126 Rockingham Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1SQ
Received 7 Sept 2021133 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NP
Received 7 Sept 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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