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11,179 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
185 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NA
Received 3 Feb 202228 Park View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PU
Received 3 Feb 20224 Spencer Way Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 8GD
Received 4 Feb 202210 Burymead Stevenage Herts SG1 4AX
Received 5 Feb 2022Land At East Of A602 And South Of Graveley Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4YS
Received 7 Feb 202278 Holly Leys Stevenage Herts SG2 8HZ
Received 7 Feb 202235 Franklins Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BN
Received 7 Feb 20228 Cameron Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0HG
Received 7 Feb 2022264 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JF
Received 8 Feb 202213 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HD
Received 8 Feb 202268 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QH
Received 9 Feb 202264 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QF
Received 9 Feb 20226 Sefton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RH
Received 9 Feb 2022185 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9BX
Received 10 Feb 2022Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 10 Feb 202215 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JQ
Received 10 Feb 202253 Christie Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0NG
Received 10 Feb 202234 Salisbury Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PE
Received 11 Feb 2022Station Car Park North Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 14 Feb 20222 Keats Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0JD
Received 14 Feb 202217 Kennett Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3XU
Received 14 Feb 2022163 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LP
Received 16 Feb 20227 Waverley Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8RU
Received 17 Feb 2022306 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HN
Received 17 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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