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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Muslim Community Centre Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PZ
Received 11 May 202311 Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RH
Received 11 May 202347 Conifer Walk Stevenage Herts SG2 7QR
Received 12 May 20232A North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AT
Received 12 May 2023Stevenage Golf Course Aston Lane Aston Stevenage Herts
Received 15 May 2023Courtlands Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 15 May 202336 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PR
Received 15 May 202314 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BS
Received 15 May 202314 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BS
Received 15 May 202323 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 15 May 2023Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 16 May 2023Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 16 May 2023McDonalds Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 16 May 202323 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 16 May 2023Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 17 May 2023Lanes End Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 17 May 202338 Burydale Stevenage Herts SG2 8AT
Received 19 May 202326 Christie Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0NG
Received 19 May 2023Matalan Unit B-C Danestrete Stevenage Herts
Received 22 May 2023Matalan Unit B-C Danestrete Stevenage Herts
Received 22 May 2023Unit 7B Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 22 May 2023The Cromwell Hotel 25 - 27 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AZ
Received 22 May 20232 Langmoor Cottages Symonds Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2HB
Received 23 May 20234 Chambers Gate Stevenage Herts SG1 3XE
Received 23 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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