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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63 Skipton Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TW
Received 10 Aug 202296 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EE
Received 12 Aug 202212 Godfrey Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9SY
Received 12 Aug 2022164 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NE
Received 15 Aug 2022123 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4TZ
Received 16 Aug 202215 The Pastures Stevenage Herts SG2 7DF
Received 16 Aug 2022338 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4NQ
Received 17 Aug 202220 Goddard End Stevenage Herts SG2 7ER
Received 17 Aug 20224 Ruckles Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1PE
Received 18 Aug 202246 Marlborough Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HN
Received 18 Aug 2022Moxham House Giles Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 4GU
Received 18 Aug 202217 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AZ
Received 18 Aug 2022105 And 107 Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RY
Received 20 Aug 202254 Stirling Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TQ
Received 20 Aug 20226 Badgers Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1UH
Received 19 Aug 202213 Ayr Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RZ
Received 20 Aug 202285 Torquay Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2RH
Received 22 Aug 2022Dickens House 12 The Grange Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 22 Aug 2022Stevenage Bus Station And Town Square Danesgate Stevenage Herts SG1 1HN
Received 22 Aug 202237 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BS
Received 23 Aug 2022120 Chalkdown Stevenage Herts SG2 7BN
Received 23 Aug 202271 Nodes Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AH
Received 23 Aug 2022Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 23 Aug 20229 Edmonds Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9TJ
Received 23 Aug 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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