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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Marymead Court Stevenage Herts SG2 8AE
Received 24 Apr 2023Marshgate Car Park St. Georges Way Stevenage Herts
Received 24 Apr 202323 Park View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PU
Received 24 Apr 2023Lindon House 2 Pound Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JA
Received 25 Apr 202312 Hollyshaws Stevenage Herts SG2 8NZ
Received 26 Apr 20232A North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AT
Received 26 Apr 20239 Beane Avenue Stevenage Herts SG2 7DL
Received 27 Apr 202336 Rowland Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1TF
Received 28 Apr 202396 Hopton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LG
Received 28 Apr 202358 Hellards Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PH
Received 28 Apr 2023110 Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8LU
Received 1 May 202320 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HE
Received 2 May 2023Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 2 May 2023Church Lane North Car Park Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3AN
Received 2 May 202348 Brick Kiln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NH
Received 3 May 2023203 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9BU
Received 5 May 202311 Essex Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EZ
Received 7 May 2023Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre Lytton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LZ
Received 8 May 2023Unit 7B Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 9 May 2023112 Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HG
Received 10 May 2023Land Adjacent To 2 Marlborough Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HP
Received 10 May 2023Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 10 May 2023Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 10 May 2023Tudor House 2 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HU
Received 11 May 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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