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.
11,182 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Six Bells Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 9SF
Received 12 Mar 20227 Wetherby Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RX
Received 15 Mar 20226 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 15 Mar 202293 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LW
Received 15 Mar 202221 Verity Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5PN
Received 16 Mar 2022167 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4EZ
Received 16 Mar 2022171 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4EZ
Received 16 Mar 20226 - 18 Meredith Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5QS
Received 17 Mar 2022Chells Manor House Chells Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 7AA
Received 17 Mar 2022Southend Farm (131) High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 17 Mar 2022The Cromwell Hotel 25 - 27 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AZ
Received 18 Mar 2022301 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EU
Received 18 Mar 202217 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QX
Received 18 Mar 202283 Hayfield Stevenage Herts SG2 7JR
Received 21 Mar 2022Land To South Of Norton Road Stevenage Herts
Received 22 Mar 20227 Burymead Stevenage Herts SG1 4AX
Received 22 Mar 2022Albany House Cartwright Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QJ
Received 22 Mar 2022Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 22 Mar 2022Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 22 Mar 202226 Frobisher Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 0HJ
Received 22 Mar 2022Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 23 Mar 2022125 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JQ
Received 23 Mar 202211 Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QS
Received 24 Mar 202211 Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QS
Received 24 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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