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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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
53 Wetherby Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RX
Received 10 Mar 202329 Alleyns Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PG
Received 11 Mar 2023Courtlands Riding Stables Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 13 Mar 2023Land West Of North Road North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AH
Received 13 Mar 2023Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 13 Mar 2023Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 13 Mar 2023Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 13 Mar 20239 Ten Acres Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9US
Received 13 Mar 202324 Augustus Gate Stevenage Herts SG2 7QY
Received 14 Mar 2023Greenside Symonds Green Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 2HP
Received 17 Mar 2023Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 20 Mar 2023Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 20 Mar 2023Ingredients House Caxton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DF
Received 20 Mar 202311 Furzedown Stevenage Herts SG2 9EN
Received 21 Mar 2023Railway Station Car Park South Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 21 Mar 2023Land Adjacent To 7 Chouler Gardens Stevenage Herts SG1 4TB
Received 21 Mar 202357 Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QE
Received 21 Mar 2023203 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9BU
Received 21 Mar 202312 Hollyshaws Stevenage Herts SG2 8NZ
Received 21 Mar 202321 Trent Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RS
Received 22 Mar 202325 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BW
Received 23 Mar 2023129C High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 23 Mar 20233 Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 24 Mar 202315 Montfichet Walk Stevenage Herts SG2 7DT
Received 25 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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