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11,179 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Wellington Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HR
Received 19 Jan 20223 Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JB
Received 19 Jan 202277 Beane Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 7DL
Received 20 Jan 2022121 - 127 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NA
Received 20 Jan 2022Fred Millard Court Cuttys Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 1UQ
Received 20 Jan 2022Garages And Forecourt Area To Rear Of 13-19 The Chace Stevenage Herts SG2 8QS
Received 20 Jan 202240 Sefton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RJ
Received 20 Jan 2022410 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4DZ
Received 20 Jan 2022Marshgate Car Park St. Georges Way Stevenage Herts
Received 21 Jan 202225 Four Acres Stevenage Herts SG1 3PL
Received 22 Jan 202214 Severn Way Stevenage Herts
Received 23 Jan 2022The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 24 Jan 202296 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4DH
Received 24 Jan 20229 Bragbury Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8TJ
Received 26 Jan 202220 Barnwell Stevenage Herts SG2 9SJ
Received 26 Jan 2022543 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4NS
Received 27 Jan 202263 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BH
Received 27 Jan 2022Stevenage Old Town Library 38 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EF
Received 28 Jan 202210 Ruckles Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1PE
Received 28 Jan 202234 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 1 Feb 202213 Cromwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HT
Received 1 Feb 202225 Brimstone Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4FX
Received 1 Feb 202282 Ayr Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RZ
Received 3 Feb 202235 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ES
Received 3 Feb 2022Records 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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