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11,181 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Station Car Park North Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 6 Apr 2022Car Park Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 7 Apr 202210 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW
Received 7 Apr 2022Car Park Bounded By Lytton Way, Danesgate And London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1LZ
Received 7 Apr 202220 Turpins Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 8QR
Received 7 Apr 2022MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 8 Apr 202240 Jackdaw Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9DB
Received 8 Apr 2022110 Chalkdown Stevenage Herts SG2 7BN
Received 8 Apr 2022Chells Park Pavillion Gresley Way Stevenage Herts
Received 8 Apr 2022189 Ascot Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 5SY
Received 9 Apr 202248 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JG
Received 11 Apr 2022The Cromwell Hotel 25 - 27 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AZ
Received 11 Apr 202231 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DZ
Received 11 Apr 202231 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DZ
Received 11 Apr 202220 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HE
Received 12 Apr 2022170 Gonville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9LZ
Received 12 Apr 2022Station Car Park North Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 12 Apr 2022110 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JA
Received 12 Apr 202210 Rudd Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9SP
Received 13 Apr 202211 Manor View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PD
Received 13 Apr 202222 Greydells Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3NJ
Received 13 Apr 202287 Drakes Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 0EZ
Received 14 Apr 202242-56 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JA
Received 14 Apr 2022388 - 402 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JH
Received 14 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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