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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 19 Dec 202214 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 20 Dec 2022Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 20 Dec 202243 Randals Hill Stevenage Herts SG2 9YN
Received 23 Dec 2022Marks And Spencer's Unit 5 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 23 Dec 202215 Glenwood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QT
Received 24 Dec 202262 Augustus Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7QY
Received 24 Dec 2022418 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JJ
Received 28 Dec 2022414 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JJ
Received 29 Dec 202215 The Pastures Stevenage Herts SG2 7DF
Received 30 Dec 202238 Franklins Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BW
Received 3 Jan 202353 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DD
Received 3 Jan 2023Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts
Received 4 Jan 202354 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EF
Received 4 Jan 20239 Morgan Close Stevenage Hertfordshire
Received 4 Jan 2023Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 6 Jan 2023Mercedes-Benz Stevenage Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BT
Received 6 Jan 2023Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 6 Jan 20236 Medalls Path Stevenage Herts SG2 9DX
Received 8 Jan 2023109 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8SH
Received 9 Jan 202367 The Paddocks Stevenage Herts SG2 9UE
Received 9 Jan 202327 Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RN
Received 9 Jan 20231 Keats Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0JD
Received 11 Jan 202338 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PX
Received 11 Jan 2023Records 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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