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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HE
Received 26 Mar 2023Land To The West Of Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 28 Mar 202332 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8QW
Received 28 Mar 202311 Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RH
Received 29 Mar 2023102 Holly Leys Stevenage Herts SG2 8HY
Received 30 Mar 202370 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9XL
Received 31 Mar 2023Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 31 Mar 2023369 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HA
Received 31 Mar 202326 - 48 Buckthorn Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 1TT
Received 31 Mar 20232-64 Walden End Stevenage Herts SG1 1TZ
Received 31 Mar 2023369 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HA
Received 3 Apr 2023237 Telford Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 0AT
Received 3 Apr 202315 The Pastures Stevenage Herts SG2 7DF
Received 3 Apr 2023MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 4 Apr 20232 Benstede Stevenage Herts SG2 8JL
Received 6 Apr 202353 Woodland Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BU
Received 6 Apr 202315 Angotts Mead Stevenage Herts SG1 2NJ
Received 8 Apr 20234 - 6 Bragbury Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8TJ
Received 11 Apr 20234 - 6 Bragbury Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 8TJ
Received 11 Apr 20237 Burymead Stevenage Herts SG1 4AX
Received 11 Apr 202322 Chepstow Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5TT
Received 11 Apr 20233 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 12 Apr 20239 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 13 Apr 2023Annadales London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XW
Received 14 Apr 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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