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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Hillcrest Stevenage Herts SG1 1PL
Received 7 Feb 202322 Badgers Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1UH
Received 7 Feb 202391 Elbow Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8LN
Received 9 Feb 2023148 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NS
Received 9 Feb 202312 Swale Close Stevenage Herts SG1 6DF
Received 9 Feb 2023Land To The West Of Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 10 Feb 2023ARRIVA Bus Depot Babbage Road Stevenage Herts
Received 10 Feb 20238 Albert Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3NZ
Received 11 Feb 2023Gridserve Stevenage Electric Forecourt Knebworth Park Old Knebworth Knebworth Herts SG1 2ZD
Received 13 Feb 2023Stevenage Railway Station Lytton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1XT
Received 13 Feb 2023Leyden Works Leyden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BP
Received 13 Feb 20237 Grayling Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4FR
Received 14 Feb 202397 Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8LT
Received 16 Feb 202322 Linkways Stevenage Herts SG1 1PR
Received 17 Feb 2023424 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5HW
Received 17 Feb 202315 The Pastures Stevenage Herts SG2 7DF
Received 17 Feb 202319 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BE
Received 18 Feb 202362 Ferrier Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0NU
Received 20 Feb 2023Land To Rear Of 36 Fellowes Way And 57 Woodland Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BW
Received 20 Feb 202314 Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 20 Feb 2023141 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DF
Received 21 Feb 202326 Christie Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0NG
Received 21 Feb 2023Station Car Park North Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 23 Feb 2023119 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4TZ
Received 24 Feb 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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