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.
11,179 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Barclay Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 3NA
Received 3 Dec 2021234 Mildmay Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5SR
Received 7 Dec 2021186 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NE
Received 7 Dec 2021Swingate House Danestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1XE
Received 7 Dec 202116 Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 7 Dec 20211 Brimstone Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4FX
Received 8 Dec 202121 Burydale Stevenage Herts SG2 8AU
Received 8 Dec 202122 Grove Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3NU
Received 8 Dec 202131 Lawrence Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JX
Received 8 Dec 2021115 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4TZ
Received 9 Dec 202149 Shephall View Stevenage Herts SG1 1RW
Received 10 Dec 2021260 - 268 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AL
Received 10 Dec 2021284 - 286 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AN
Received 10 Dec 20211 Keats Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0JD
Received 11 Dec 20214 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JB
Received 12 Dec 2021300 - 308 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AN
Received 13 Dec 2021356 - 366 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AP
Received 13 Dec 202134 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TE
Received 14 Dec 202198 Telford Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 0AJ
Received 14 Dec 2021390- 398 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AR
Received 14 Dec 2021452-460 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AT
Received 14 Dec 2021510 - 520 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AX
Received 14 Dec 2021564-574 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AY
Received 14 Dec 2021Hollywood Bowl Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 14 Dec 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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