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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.
11,182 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
221 - 231 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PY
Received 8 Jun 202259 - 64 Lincoln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PL
Received 8 Jun 2022219 - 265 Trumper Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JX
Received 8 Jun 202276- 81 Lincoln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PL
Received 8 Jun 202285 -90 Lincoln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PL
Received 8 Jun 20221 - 6 Salisbury Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PE
Received 8 Jun 202223 - 28 Salisbury Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PE
Received 8 Jun 202253 - 58 Salisbury Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PF
Received 8 Jun 202276 - 81 Salisbury Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PF
Received 8 Jun 2022145 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8ST
Received 9 Jun 2022Tesco Broadwater Stevenage (02202) London Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DT
Received 10 Jun 202281 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9EA
Received 11 Jun 2022Cinnabar Old Stevenage 56 - 58 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EF
Received 11 Jun 202238 Franklins Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BW
Received 12 Jun 2022122 Sefton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RN
Received 13 Jun 2022124 Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HG
Received 14 Jun 2022124 Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HG
Received 14 Jun 202226 Alleyns Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PP
Received 15 Jun 20223 Kymswell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9JX
Received 15 Jun 202269 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 17 Jun 2022167 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0EA
Received 16 Jun 202211 - 17 Douglas Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 5PE
Received 17 Jun 202287 - 93 Douglas Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 5PH
Received 17 Jun 202251 - 63 Verity Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5PW
Received 17 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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