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11,183 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Station Car Park North Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 4 May 202259 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QF
Received 5 May 20229 The Dell Stevenage Herts SG1 1PH
Received 5 May 2022Tesco Stores Extra 1 - 5 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 6 May 202245 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RA
Received 9 May 2022Airbus Defence And Space Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2DB
Received 9 May 202210A And 10B Burwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9RF
Received 9 May 2022The Wine Society Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BG
Received 10 May 2022Coreys Cottage, Coreys Mill Tates Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4WP
Received 11 May 2022Coreys Cottage, Coreys Mill Tates Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4WP
Received 11 May 202227 Greydells Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3NL
Received 11 May 202221 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JL
Received 12 May 2022Courtlands Riding Stables Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 12 May 202211 Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BJ
Received 12 May 202292 - 94 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EG
Received 13 May 2022Station Car Park North Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 13 May 202230 Orchard Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 3EN
Received 13 May 202220 Aldock Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3SJ
Received 16 May 2022Garages At Dunn Close Stevenage Herts
Received 16 May 202253 Woodland Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BU
Received 17 May 202211 Oundle Path Stevenage Herts SG2 8LA
Received 17 May 202260 The Willows Stevenage Herts SG2 8AS
Received 18 May 2022Land Adjacent To 68 Stirling Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TQ
Received 18 May 2022203 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9BU
Received 18 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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