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.
11,183 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stewart House Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EE
Received 20 Apr 2022Land West Of North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AH
Received 21 Apr 2022Land Between Primett Road And Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 21 Apr 2022Turnpike Close Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BX
Received 22 Apr 2022McDonalds Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 22 Apr 2022Unit 4A Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 25 Apr 202260 Wildwood Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 1TB
Received 23 Apr 2022Spice Rouge 99 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HR
Received 24 Apr 2022Unit 4A Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 25 Apr 202223 Foster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SA
Received 25 Apr 202218 Carters Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QA
Received 4 May 202278 Holly Leys Stevenage Herts SG2 8HZ
Received 26 Apr 2022Symonds Green Community Centre Annexe 145 Scarborough Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2HQ
Received 27 Apr 2022MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 27 Apr 2022The Wine Society Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BG
Received 27 Apr 2022The Wine Society Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BG
Received 27 Apr 202257 Chepstow Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5TT
Received 28 Apr 202213 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HD
Received 28 Apr 202245 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 28 Apr 20223 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AT
Received 28 Apr 202212 Bowman Trading Estate Bessemer Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 29 Apr 2022Junction Of Oaks Cross And Melne Road Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8LS
Received 30 Apr 202271 Barham Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HY
Received 4 May 2022Stevenage Bus Station And Town Square Danestrete Stevenage Herts
Received 4 May 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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