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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Brunel Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0AB
Received 15 Aug 2023Wickes Building Supplies Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1XP
Received 15 Aug 2023Land Opposite 25 And 26 St. Albans Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 16 Aug 2023222 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AQ
Received 18 Aug 2023102 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QN
Received 18 Aug 20239C High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 21 Aug 202363 Longfields Stevenage Herts SG2 8QB
Received 21 Aug 2023377 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HA
Received 21 Aug 202316 Leyden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BP
Received 21 Aug 20232 Swale Close Stevenage Herts SG1 6DF
Received 22 Aug 2023Ken Brown Motors Shephall Way Stevenage Herts
Received 22 Aug 2023Swingate Car Park Swingate Stevenage Herts
Received 22 Aug 202322A Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EU
Received 23 Aug 2023Swingate Car Park Swingate Stevenage Herts
Received 23 Aug 20235 Bronte Paths Stevenage Herts SG2 0PQ
Received 23 Aug 202368 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BJ
Received 24 Aug 2023Land To The West Of Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 24 Aug 2023Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 25 Aug 202381 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9EA
Received 25 Aug 2023Sanders Building Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2AN
Received 26 Aug 2023Land West Of North Road North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AH
Received 29 Aug 20232 Hazelmere Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8RT
Received 29 Aug 202339 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JL
Received 30 Aug 2023Glaxo SmithKline Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 30 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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