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.
11,180 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 King George Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3TB
Received 17 Feb 2022174 Mildmay Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5SZ
Received 18 Feb 202276 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0ED
Received 18 Feb 2022122 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4TZ
Received 18 Feb 2022427 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DS
Received 20 Feb 202245 Green Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DS
Received 21 Feb 2022Southend Farm 131 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 22 Feb 2022Bowling Green Stevenage Herts SG1 3BH
Received 22 Feb 2022The Wine Society Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BG
Received 22 Feb 202216 Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 22 Feb 202222 Frobisher Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 0HH
Received 22 Feb 2022229 Telford Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 0AT
Received 23 Feb 2022Stevenage Old Town Library 38 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EF
Received 23 Feb 20222 The Priory Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 23 Feb 202213 Breakspear Stevenage Herts SG2 9SQ
Received 23 Feb 2022193 Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QG
Received 24 Feb 2022185 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LR
Received 25 Feb 202249 Lincoln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PJ
Received 26 Feb 2022163 Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HD
Received 27 Feb 2022McDonalds Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 28 Feb 2022186 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NE
Received 28 Feb 20226 Wildwood Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 1TA
Received 28 Feb 2022113 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4TZ
Received 28 Feb 20223 The Pastures Stevenage Herts SG2 7DF
Received 28 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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