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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Airbus Defence And Space Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2DB
Received 2 Aug 20234 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts SG2 7DR
Received 3 Aug 2023Lanes End Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 3 Aug 2023Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 3 Aug 202327 Buckthorn Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 1TU
Received 3 Aug 202364 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JQ
Received 4 Aug 202315 Cotney Croft Stevenage Herts SG2 9PT
Received 7 Aug 20238 Albert Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3NZ
Received 8 Aug 2023162 Oaks Cross Stevenage Herts SG2 8NA
Received 8 Aug 202335 Burydale Stevenage Herts SG2 8AU
Received 8 Aug 2023The Marquis Of Granby North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BS
Received 8 Aug 2023Cartref Redcar House Redcar Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 2RD
Received 9 Aug 2023Land To The West Of Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 9 Aug 2023Land Adjacent To 68 Stirling Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TQ
Received 10 Aug 2023Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 10 Aug 2023Jenny Chapman House Shephall View Stevenage Herts
Received 10 Aug 202345 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4ET
Received 10 Aug 2023Land West Of North Road North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AH
Received 11 Aug 20237 Dove Road Stevenage Herts
Received 11 Aug 202320 East Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1PP
Received 14 Aug 2023Squirrels Drey Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 14 Aug 2023Shephalbury Sports Academy Broadhall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RH
Received 14 Aug 202342 Brunel Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0AB
Received 15 Aug 2023127 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4LP
Received 15 Aug 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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