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.
11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
106 Hopton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LG
Received 5 Jul 20221 Corton Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2LB
Received 6 Jul 2022Burghley Close Stevenage Herts
Received 7 Jul 2022Silam Road Stevenage Herts
Received 7 Jul 202232 Barley Croft Stevenage Herts SG2 9NP
Received 7 Jul 2022Oak House Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 7 Jul 2022229 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LS
Received 7 Jul 2022Gresley Way Stevenage Herts
Received 8 Jul 202240 Knights Templars Green Stevenage Herts SG2 0JY
Received 8 Jul 2022Land Adjacent To Village Cars Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8AQ
Received 8 Jul 2022107 - 109 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 8 Jul 2022425 -435 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5BA
Received 11 Jul 2022473-481 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5BD
Received 11 Jul 202212 Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PB
Received 11 Jul 2022Know How Bessemer Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 2DL
Received 11 Jul 20227 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HD
Received 11 Jul 202234 Jupiter Gate Stevenage Herts
Received 12 Jul 202230 Orchard Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 3EN
Received 12 Jul 202212 The Grange Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 12 Jul 2022Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts
Received 13 Jul 2022Greenside School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 13 Jul 202275 Uplands Stevenage Herts SG2 7DW
Received 14 Jul 202279 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts SG2 7DS
Received 14 Jul 202268 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DY
Received 14 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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