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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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Wood Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8NY
Received 14 Jan 2024The Marquis Of Granby 4-6 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BS
Received 15 Jan 2024Alchemy Metals Ltd T/a Waste Mission Cavendish Point Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EG
Received 17 Jan 202428 Essex Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EX
Received 18 Jan 2024136 Wisden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5JB
Received 18 Jan 2024Unit 3 Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 18 Jan 202428 Manchester Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4TQ
Received 19 Jan 2024Wingate 23 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8RZ
Received 19 Jan 202430 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 19 Jan 202430 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EJ
Received 19 Jan 202433 Ashdown Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8TX
Received 19 Jan 2024Gridserve Stevenage Electric Forecourt Knebworth Park Old Knebworth Knebworth Herts SG1 2ZD
Received 22 Jan 2024Cell & Gene Therapy Catapult Manufacturing Centre Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 22 Jan 2024Cell & Gene Therapy Catapult Manufacturing Centre Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 22 Jan 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 23 Jan 2024Courtlands Riding Stables Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 24 Jan 2024Swingate House Danestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1XE
Received 24 Jan 2024Greenside Special School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 25 Jan 2024Walpole Court Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TZ
Received 25 Jan 2024One Stop 50 Hertford Road Stevenage SG2 8ED
Received 26 Jan 202462 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JJ
Received 26 Jan 2024Land To The Rear Of 36 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EF
Received 28 Jan 2024Swingate House Danestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1XE
Received 29 Jan 202411 Manor View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PD
Received 30 Jan 2024Records 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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