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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
2- 24 And 26 - 48 Buckthorn Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 1TT
Received 28 Nov 20233 & 5 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0EQ
Received 28 Nov 2023Osprey House Primett Road Stevenage Herts
Received 29 Nov 202320 Manor View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PE
Received 30 Nov 2023Land To The West Of Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 30 Nov 2023Garages G001 - G026 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9YA
Received 30 Nov 202318 Newgate Stevenage Herts SG2 9DS
Received 30 Nov 2023125 Webb Rise Stevenage Herts SG1 5QF
Received 30 Nov 202362 Gordian Way Stevenage Herts SG2 7QH
Received 4 Dec 202310 Chambers Gate Stevenage Herts SG1 3XE
Received 4 Dec 202330 Daltry Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AW
Received 4 Dec 2023Former Unit 3 Kenilworth Close 46 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8TB
Received 5 Dec 20231 Hyde Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XU
Received 5 Dec 2023Astute Electronics Ltd Astute House Rutherford Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2EF
Received 5 Dec 202333 Chepstow Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5TT
Received 5 Dec 2023Kings Court London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1AE
Received 6 Dec 2023Former Pin Green Playing Fields Hayward Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5BS
Received 6 Dec 2023Land To The West Of Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 7 Dec 2023The Marquis Of Granby 4 - 6 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BS
Received 7 Dec 2023Glaxo SmithKline Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 8 Dec 202317 Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QS
Received 9 Dec 2023Land To The West Of Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 12 Dec 2023Gridserve Stevenage Electric Forecourt Knebworth Park Old Knebworth Knebworth Herts SG1 2ZD
Received 12 Dec 20233 Trafford Court Skegness Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2HT
Received 12 Dec 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage