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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Broadhall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RH
Received 23 Jun 202329 Burydale Stevenage Herts SG2 8AU
Received 24 Jun 20231B, 1C And 1D Albert Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3NX
Received 25 Jun 2023Land To The West Of Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 26 Jun 20231 Pepsal End Stevenage Herts SG2 8LW
Received 26 Jun 2023Land Between Watercress Close, Coopers Close And Walnut Tree Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9TN
Received 26 Jun 20236 Foster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SA
Received 26 Jun 202335 The Paddocks Stevenage Herts SG2 9TU
Received 27 Jun 2023Unit B2 Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 27 Jun 202332 Old Bourne Way Stevenage Herts SG1 6AE
Received 27 Jun 202358 - 90 Queensway And Forum Chambers Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EE
Received 27 Jun 2023Sycamore House Leyden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BP
Received 28 Jun 202310A 10B Burwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9RF
Received 29 Jun 2023Jenny Chapman House Shephall View Stevenage Herts
Received 29 Jun 2023Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 29 Jun 2023Wickes Building Supplies Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1XP
Received 30 Jun 2023144 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JH
Received 1 Jul 2023387 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HA
Received 3 Jul 202315 The Pastures Stevenage Herts SG2 7DF
Received 3 Jul 20231 Claymores Stevenage Herts SG1 3TP
Received 3 Jul 2023108 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 4 Jul 2023108 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 4 Jul 2023Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 4 Jul 20232 Lintott Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3LZ
Received 4 Jul 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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