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.
11,175 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JD
Received 25 Oct 20212 Haddon Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SU
Received 26 Oct 2021Land To Rear Of 36 Fellowes Way And 57 Woodland Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BW
Received 26 Oct 2021Garages Adjacent No 127 Scarborough Ave Stevenage Herts
Received 26 Oct 202132 Manchester Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4TQ
Received 27 Oct 20215 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 28 Oct 20213 Arlington Court Arlington Business Park Whittle Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2FS
Received 29 Oct 202153-67 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LQ
Received 30 Oct 2021107-121 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LH
Received 30 Oct 2021207-221 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LR
Received 30 Oct 202163 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BH
Received 1 Nov 20217 Buckthorn Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 1TT
Received 2 Nov 2021Matalan Site Danestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1XB
Received 1 Nov 2021Matalan Site Danestrete Stevenage Herts
Received 2 Nov 202118 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AP
Received 2 Nov 2021Chells Manor Chells Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 7AA
Received 2 Nov 2021Meggitt Horizon Technology Park Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DH
Received 3 Nov 20212 Southwold Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2XL
Received 4 Nov 20218 Park Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DP
Received 4 Nov 2021Land Bordered By Ashdown Road, Malvern Close And Hertford Road Stevenage SG2 8BG
Received 4 Nov 20214 - 6 Bragbury Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8TJ
Received 4 Nov 20214 - 6 Bragbury Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8TJ
Received 4 Nov 2021Site Office Marshgate Car Park St. Georges Way Stevenage Herts
Received 4 Nov 2021162 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AG
Received 5 Nov 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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