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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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
65 The Hedgerows Stevenage Herts SG2 7DQ
Received 4 Jul 202339 Shephall View Stevenage Herts SG1 1RW
Received 5 Jul 2023Shephall Dental Surgery 246 Shephall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9RE
Received 5 Jul 202315 Montfichet Walk Stevenage Herts SG2 7DT
Received 5 Jul 2023Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 5 Jul 202316D High Street Stevenage Herts
Received 5 Jul 2023115 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3NQ
Received 6 Jul 2023Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 6 Jul 2023188 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9YD
Received 7 Jul 2023Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 7 Jul 202323 Glanville Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 4FW
Received 8 Jul 2023Theydon Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BT
Received 8 Jul 202361 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AQ
Received 9 Jul 2023Unit 4A Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 11 Jul 2023Sanders Building & Gunnels Wood Building Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2AN
Received 11 Jul 2023Land Adjacent To 1 The Glebe Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0DL
Received 11 Jul 2023Cartref Redcar House Redcar Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 2EN
Received 13 Jul 2023Land To The West Of Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 13 Jul 202365 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 13 Jul 2023Elm Green Pastures Land At Lanterns Lane Aston End Stevenage Herts
Received 14 Jul 2023Land Adjacent To Bedwell Crescent And Fairlands Way Junction Stevenage Herts SG1 1JY
Received 15 Jul 2023Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 17 Jul 2023Marshgate Car Park St. Georges Way Stevenage Herts
Received 17 Jul 2023171 Verity Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5PR
Received 17 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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