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11,183 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 - 85 Verity Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5PW
Received 17 Jun 2022133 - 145 Verity Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5PP
Received 17 Jun 2022149 - 161 Verity Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5PP
Received 17 Jun 202269 - 75 Douglas Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 5PH
Received 17 Jun 20223 Poston Place Stevenage Herts SG2 0BS
Received 17 Jun 202212 Brimstone Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4FX
Received 19 Jun 202236 Milestone Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9RR
Received 20 Jun 2022438 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4EA
Received 21 Jun 202251 Torquay Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2RQ
Received 23 Jun 202266 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2RB
Received 23 Jun 2022Garages At Dunn Close Stevenage Herts
Received 23 Jun 202214 Badgers Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1UH
Received 23 Jun 202290 Hayfield Stevenage Herts SG2 7JR
Received 24 Jun 202217 Drury Lane Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4RA
Received 24 Jun 202287 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 27 Jun 2022Thomas Alleyne Academy High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BE
Received 29 Jun 20222 Malvern Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UH
Received 30 Jun 202210 Rudd Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9SP
Received 30 Jun 2022Bus Shelter Opposite Glaxo Sycamore House Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BP
Received 2 Jul 2022Bus Shelter 2907-0022 Outside Sycamore House Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2GX
Received 2 Jul 2022Bus Shelter 2907-0057 Outside John Henry Newman School Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 2 Jul 2022Bus Shelter Outside Stevenage Railway Station Lytton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1XT
Received 2 Jul 20227 Foster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SA
Received 4 Jul 2022Trotts Hill Primary School Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JD
Received 4 Jul 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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