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.
11,174 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 11 Oct 202177 Beane Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 7DL
Received 12 Oct 2021Matalan Unit B-C Danestrete Stevenage Herts
Received 12 Oct 202152 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QF
Received 14 Oct 202131 Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LL
Received 15 Oct 2021Highfield Court Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5EH
Received 15 Oct 2021Airbus Defence And Space Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2DB
Received 15 Oct 2021Unit 8 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 16 Oct 2021Unit 8 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 16 Oct 202156 Austen Paths Stevenage Herts SG2 0NR
Received 18 Oct 2021Land To West Of A1(M) And South Of Stevenage Road Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 18 Oct 20212 Sacombe Mews Stevenage Herts SG2 8SB
Received 19 Oct 202125 Barham Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HX
Received 20 Oct 202163 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BH
Received 20 Oct 202120 Trent Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RS
Received 20 Oct 2021Warren James 38A Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EE
Received 20 Oct 2021197 Telford Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 0AR
Received 20 Oct 2021275 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PZ
Received 20 Oct 2021126 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RB
Received 22 Oct 20214 Park Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DP
Received 18 Oct 2021Marshgate Car Park St. Georges Way Stevenage Herts
Received 22 Oct 202136 Hastings Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JG
Received 23 Oct 2021The Valley School Broadhall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9BN
Received 25 Oct 202140 Knights Templars Green Stevenage Herts SG2 0JY
Received 25 Oct 2021Records 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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