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11,182 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 24 Mar 2022Lonsdale Road Service Station Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5ES
Received 25 Mar 2022Currys, Unit 10 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 25 Mar 2022Marks And Spencer's , Unit 5 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 25 Mar 2022165 Shephall View Stevenage Herts SG1 1RR
Received 26 Mar 202212 Hollyshaws Stevenage Herts SG2 8NZ
Received 28 Mar 202224-36 Meredith Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5QS
Received 28 Mar 202294-106 Meredith Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5QT
Received 28 Mar 2022114-126 Meredith Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5QT
Received 28 Mar 2022Land Adjacent To 39 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LG
Received 28 Mar 2022Land Bordered By Ashdown Road, Malvern Close And Hertford Road Stevenage SG2 8BG
Received 29 Mar 2022155 Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HB
Received 30 Mar 2022The Oaks 106 Burydale Stevenage Herts SG2 8AX
Received 30 Mar 20221 Four Acres Stevenage Herts SG1 3PL
Received 31 Mar 202214 Penn Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1HY
Received 31 Mar 202216 Bowcock Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 1SZ
Received 1 Apr 2022Land West Of North Road North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AH
Received 1 Apr 2022128 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JB
Received 2 Apr 2022Electricity Substation Vinters Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 1QS
Received 4 Apr 202237 Burydale Stevenage Herts SG2 8AU
Received 5 Apr 2022423 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HD
Received 5 Apr 2022Gates Of Stevenage Arlington Business Park Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BE
Received 4 Apr 2022Stevenage Excellence Centre Norton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FZ
Received 5 Apr 2022Electricity Substation Stevenage Herts SG1 1QS
Received 6 Apr 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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