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11,183 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Colestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1RB
Received 18 May 2022571 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5EA
Received 18 May 2022MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 18 May 2022Station Car Park North Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 19 May 202224 Southsea Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PJ
Received 19 May 202248 Made Feld Stevenage Herts SG1 1PQ
Received 20 May 20229 Bragbury Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8TJ
Received 21 May 202266 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QE
Received 23 May 2022101 Hayfield Stevenage Herts SG2 7JR
Received 23 May 202220 East Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1PP
Received 24 May 202212 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HE
Received 25 May 202271 Marlborough Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HJ
Received 25 May 20222 Rooks Nest Farm Barns Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4XS
Received 25 May 202250 Silam Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1JJ
Received 25 May 20223 Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JB
Received 26 May 2022Garage Block 31 - 49 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 26 May 202230 Orchard Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 3EN
Received 26 May 2022109 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8SH
Received 27 May 2022Chells Manor House Chells Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 7AA
Received 27 May 20226 Badgers Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1UH
Received 27 May 202236 Dovedale Stevenage Herts SG2 9EP
Received 27 May 202291 Bronte Paths Stevenage Herts SG2 0PL
Received 27 May 202239 Goddard End Stevenage Herts SG2 7ER
Received 29 May 202278 St. Margarets Stevenage Herts SG2 8RF
Received 30 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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