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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.
11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
68 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DY
Received 14 Jul 2022Station Car Park North Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Jul 202239 Ashdown Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8TX
Received 15 Jul 2022Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2ND
Received 15 Jul 202225 Barham Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HX
Received 16 Jul 2022116 Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8LU
Received 18 Jul 2022244 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4DW
Received 18 Jul 2022Highfield Court Stevenage Herts SG1 5EH
Received 18 Jul 202214 Gorleston Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2JS
Received 19 Jul 202258 Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LL
Received 20 Jul 2022Spark Building Land To The North Of Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 20 Jul 2022Nine Furlongs 127 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8ST
Received 21 Jul 2022Garages And Forecourt Area To Rear Of 13-19 The Chace Stevenage Herts SG2 8QS
Received 21 Jul 2022Land Between 40 Conifer Walk And 7 Conifer Close Stevenage Herts
Received 22 Jul 2022Mecca Bingo Danestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1XB
Received 23 Jul 2022Land Adjacent To 108 Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8LT
Received 23 Jul 2022Church Of St. Peter The Willows Stevenage Herts
Received 23 Jul 2022Stevenage Borough Council Depot Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts
Received 25 Jul 202212 Lower Sean Stevenage Herts SG2 9XN
Received 26 Jul 202245 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RA
Received 26 Jul 2022Garage Block At Whitesmead Road Stevenage Herts
Received 27 Jul 202235 Rookwood Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8PH
Received 27 Jul 202231 Nodes Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AJ
Received 27 Jul 202212 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 28 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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