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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
95 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JT
Received 24 Feb 202345 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4ET
Received 28 Feb 202353 Stanmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QE
Received 28 Feb 2023157 Kimbolton Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8RN
Received 28 Feb 2023Land Adjacent To Fisher Green And Corton Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2LB
Received 28 Feb 202318 Whitesmead Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3LB
Received 1 Mar 202367-69 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AG
Received 1 Mar 202329 The Dell Stevenage Herts SG1 1PH
Received 2 Mar 20234A Lymington Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PE
Received 3 Mar 2023Station Car Park North Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 3 Mar 20235 Walsham Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SS
Received 4 Mar 202327 Kymswell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9JU
Received 5 Mar 202358 Hellards Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PH
Received 6 Mar 202323 Essex Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EX
Received 6 Mar 2023Unit 4A Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 7 Mar 202369 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0EG
Received 7 Mar 202318 Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 7 Mar 2023165 Shephall View Stevenage Herts SG1 1RR
Received 7 Mar 20235 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 7 Mar 202326 Glenwood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QT
Received 8 Mar 2023Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre Lytton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LZ
Received 8 Mar 202314 Baddeley Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9SL
Received 9 Mar 2023Peacehaven 25 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8RZ
Received 9 Mar 202349 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BS
Received 9 Mar 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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