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.
11,179 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 14 Dec 202198 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2JH
Received 15 Dec 2021206 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8ER
Received 15 Dec 2021Hampson Park Community Centre Pin Green Community Association Hampson Park Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QU
Received 15 Dec 2021Brickdale House Swingate Stevenage Herts SG1 1AS
Received 15 Dec 202158 Sheepcroft Hill Stevenage Herts SG2 9PS
Received 15 Dec 2021Unit 5 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 17 Dec 2021Unit 5 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 17 Dec 2021McDonalds Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 17 Dec 2021107-119 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NA
Received 17 Dec 202136 Dovedale Stevenage Herts SG2 9EP
Received 17 Dec 2021Junction With Lytton Way And Bridge Road Stevenage Herts
Received 17 Dec 2021Stevenage Excellence Centre Norton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FZ
Received 18 Dec 2021Meggitt Horizon Technology Park Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DH
Received 19 Dec 2021356 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5QH
Received 20 Dec 202160A- 80 Queensway Stevenage Herts SG1 1EG
Received 21 Dec 2021Land To The West Of North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BB
Received 22 Dec 202110 Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JA
Received 22 Dec 2021Priory Meadow Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 23 Dec 202131 Woodland Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BU
Received 23 Dec 2021201 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JF
Received 23 Dec 2021Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 23 Dec 2021Sanders Building & Gunnels Wood Building Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2AN
Received 23 Dec 2021204 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9BU
Received 23 Dec 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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