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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chells Manor Chells Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 7AA
Received 29 Nov 2022The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints Buckthorn Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 1TN
Received 29 Nov 2022Chells Manor House Chells Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 7AA
Received 30 Nov 2022Falcon House Primett Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EE
Received 30 Nov 202232 Meadow Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1QD
Received 1 Dec 20227 Nycolles Wood Stevenage Herts SG1 4GR
Received 1 Dec 2022Unit 11A Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 1 Dec 202253 Wetherby Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RX
Received 5 Dec 2022The Bragbury Centre Kenilworth Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TB
Received 5 Dec 2022Land Adjacent To GSK Campus Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 5 Dec 2022Land Adjacent To Oaks Cross And Manor View Junction Stevenage Herts SG2 8PD
Received 5 Dec 202227 Kilner Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5AZ
Received 6 Dec 20221 Campion Court Stevenage Herts SG1 3EY
Received 6 Dec 20224 Grenville Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8XZ
Received 6 Dec 202236 Milestone Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9RR
Received 7 Dec 20226 Whitworth Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QS
Received 7 Dec 20221 Chalkdown Stevenage Herts SG2 7BG
Received 8 Dec 202220 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HE
Received 8 Dec 202232 Wetherby Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RX
Received 9 Dec 202223 The Glebe Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0DL
Received 13 Dec 2022Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 14 Dec 202235 Walnut Tree Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9RS
Received 19 Dec 202254 Barnwell Stevenage Herts SG2 9SN
Received 19 Dec 202212 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 19 Dec 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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