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.
11,177 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 St. Andrews Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4UY
Received 5 Nov 20213A Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 5 Nov 2021Land Adjacent To 108 Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8LT
Received 5 Nov 2021192 - 200 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AG
Received 5 Nov 202183 Penn Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1HT
Received 6 Nov 202157 Chepstow Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5TT
Received 6 Nov 202186 Chepstow Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5TT
Received 6 Nov 2021103 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RB
Received 8 Nov 2021Matalan Unit B-C Danestrete Stevenage Herts
Received 9 Nov 202149 Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QE
Received 9 Nov 20219 Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 9 Nov 20217 Medalls Path Stevenage Herts SG2 9DX
Received 9 Nov 2021117 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4TZ
Received 10 Nov 20212 Plash Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 1LW
Received 11 Nov 202112 St. Davids Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4UZ
Received 12 Nov 202120 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BW
Received 12 Nov 2021105 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 12 Nov 2021Land Adjacent To 81 Turpins Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 8QZ
Received 13 Nov 202112 Milestone Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9RR
Received 13 Nov 202162 Southwark Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4PQ
Received 15 Nov 202133A Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DN
Received 15 Nov 20211B Market Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DH
Received 15 Nov 2021Unit 14 Gunnels Wood Park Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BH
Received 16 Nov 2021Eastern End Of Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts
Received 16 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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