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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PX
Received 8 Oct 2022103 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 8 Oct 202275 Uplands Stevenage Herts SG2 7DW
Received 9 Oct 2022The Oval Stevenage Herts
Received 11 Oct 20221 Lintott Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3LZ
Received 12 Oct 202227 Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RN
Received 12 Oct 202227 Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RN
Received 12 Oct 2022Old School Of Nursing Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 12 Oct 2022145 Scarborough Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2HQ
Received 13 Oct 20222 Lower Sean Stevenage Herts SG2 9XN
Received 14 Oct 202263 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4ET
Received 14 Oct 2022Station Car Park North Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 14 Oct 20222 Poston Place Stevenage Herts SG2 0BS
Received 15 Oct 20222 Poston Place Stevenage Herts SG2 0BS
Received 15 Oct 2022The Forum Centre The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 17 Oct 202212 Lower Sean Stevenage Herts SG2 9XN
Received 17 Oct 202212 Lower Sean Stevenage Herts SG2 9XN
Received 17 Oct 2022MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 17 Oct 202237 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts SG2 7DR
Received 17 Oct 2022225 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QP
Received 18 Oct 2022Thomas Alleyne Academy High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BE
Received 20 Oct 2022194 Sefton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RP
Received 20 Oct 2022122 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DD
Received 22 Oct 202253 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NT
Received 23 Oct 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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