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.
11,181 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 2000 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Goddard End Stevenage Herts SG2 7ER
Received 1 Mar 20226 Unwin Place Stevenage Herts SG2 9SX
Received 1 Mar 2022Marks And Spencer's Unit 5 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 2 Mar 202250 Brixham Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2RZ
Received 2 Mar 202216 Whitesmead Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3LB
Received 3 Mar 2022G140 Torquay Crescent Stevenage Herts
Received 3 Mar 2022387 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LU
Received 3 Mar 202235 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ES
Received 3 Mar 20223 Bawdsey Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2LA
Received 3 Mar 20222 Southwold Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2XL
Received 3 Mar 202226 Park View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PU
Received 4 Mar 202213 Essex Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EZ
Received 5 Mar 20224 Oakwell Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UG
Received 7 Mar 2022122 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DD
Received 7 Mar 2022374 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5QH
Received 8 Mar 2022Airbus Defence And Space Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2DB
Received 8 Mar 202220 Trent Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RS
Received 8 Mar 2022Land Adjacent 108 Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8LT
Received 9 Mar 20226 Sheringham Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2JU
Received 9 Mar 20221 Green Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8BP
Received 10 Mar 2022Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 10 Mar 202240 Symonds Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2HA
Received 10 Mar 2022338 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5HN
Received 11 Mar 2022Unit 5 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 12 Mar 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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