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11,183 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chells Manor House Chells Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 7AA
Received 30 May 20227 Faraday Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0BJ
Received 31 May 2022Keepers Cottage Weston Road Stevenage Herts
Received 31 May 202235 Briardale Stevenage Herts SG1 1TR
Received 1 Jun 202216 Bowcock Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 1SZ
Received 1 Jun 2022110 Sefton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RN
Received 1 Jun 20223 Claymores Stevenage Herts SG1 3TP
Received 1 Jun 2022Land Adjacent To 108 Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8LT
Received 1 Jun 2022118 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AE
Received 2 Jun 2022397 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LU
Received 6 Jun 202259 Mandeville Stevenage Herts SG2 8JN
Received 7 Jun 202211 Wortham Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9SH
Received 7 Jun 2022181 Verity Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5PR
Received 7 Jun 2022108 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4DH
Received 7 Jun 202214 Frobisher Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 0HH
Received 7 Jun 2022159 - 169 Trumper Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JX
Received 7 Jun 202214 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ES
Received 7 Jun 2022112 Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HG
Received 7 Jun 2022171 - 217 Trumper Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JX
Received 7 Jun 202221 - 33 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PT
Received 8 Jun 202249 - 61 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PT
Received 8 Jun 2022119 - 131 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PX
Received 8 Jun 2022141 - 153 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PX
Received 8 Jun 2022189 - 201 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PY
Received 8 Jun 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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