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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Trajan Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7QG
Received 24 Oct 2022141 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2QS
Received 24 Oct 2022Station Car Park North Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 25 Oct 202222 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PX
Received 28 Oct 202232 Meadow Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1QD
Received 31 Oct 202271 Nodes Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AH
Received 31 Oct 2022Unit 11 Gunnels Wood Park Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BH
Received 1 Nov 20225 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 1 Nov 2022Brent Court Silam Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1JN
Received 2 Nov 2022224-230 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 2 Nov 2022374- 394 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4DY
Received 2 Nov 20226 Badgers Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1UH
Received 3 Nov 20224 Ruckles Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1PE
Received 3 Nov 2022144 Scarborough Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2HL
Received 4 Nov 202263A-65A Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4LJ
Received 4 Nov 2022444-464 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4EA
Received 4 Nov 2022371- 375 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4EH
Received 4 Nov 2022MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 4 Nov 202244 Beane Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 7DL
Received 4 Nov 2022457 - 461 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4EQ
Received 4 Nov 2022Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 7 Nov 2022The Bragbury Centre Kenilworth Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TB
Received 7 Nov 202214 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AL
Received 7 Nov 2022151 Minehead Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2JL
Received 7 Nov 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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