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.
11,175 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JA
Received 15 Sept 20217 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Sept 202174 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BJ
Received 16 Sept 20219 Fresson Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QU
Received 17 Sept 2021Ashenhurst Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 17 Sept 2021125 Torquay Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2RJ
Received 18 Sept 202130 Alleyns Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PP
Received 19 Sept 202151 Angotts Mead Stevenage Herts SG1 2NJ
Received 20 Sept 202167 Ferrier Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0NZ
Received 21 Sept 202182 Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0HX
Received 22 Sept 2021Dental Surgery 62 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1LX
Received 23 Sept 2021Marshgate Car Park St. Georges Way Stevenage Herts
Received 23 Sept 202162 Grenville Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8XZ
Received 27 Sept 2021Former Chells Play Area Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LJ
Received 27 Sept 202119 Barley Croft Stevenage Herts SG2 9NP
Received 27 Sept 2021235 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LR
Received 27 Sept 20216 Harvey Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0BG
Received 28 Sept 202111 Cornfields Stevenage Herts SG2 7RB
Received 28 Sept 202160 - 68 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AD
Received 28 Sept 2021146 - 156 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AF
Received 28 Sept 2021Part Of Highways Embankment Six Hills Corner Of Six Hills Way & London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1AE
Received 28 Sept 2021Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 28 Sept 2021Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 28 Sept 20213 Christie Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0NT
Received 29 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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