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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Between Watercress Close, Coopers Close And Walnut Tree Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9TN
Received 27 Feb 202444 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BJ
Received 27 Feb 2024106 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HF
Received 29 Feb 2024McDonalds Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 29 Feb 202430 Daltry Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AW
Received 1 Mar 202416 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AP
Received 1 Mar 20244 Foster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SA
Received 1 Mar 2024536 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4NL
Received 2 Mar 2024MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 4 Mar 202420 Hayfield Stevenage Herts SG2 7JP
Received 4 Mar 2024Garages G001-022 Sisson Close Stevenage Herts
Received 5 Mar 20249 Oakfields Stevenage Herts SG2 8NE
Received 5 Mar 2024Barnwell Upper School Barnwell Stevenage Herts SG2 9SW
Received 5 Mar 20241 Granby Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AR
Received 5 Mar 20241-9 Olde Swann Court Stevenage Herts SG1 3WB
Received 5 Mar 202473 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 6 Mar 202430 Alleyns Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PP
Received 6 Mar 202451 Ramsdell Stevenage Herts SG1 1QY
Received 7 Mar 202444 Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9ES
Received 7 Mar 202437 Shackleton Spring Stevenage Herts SG2 9DF
Received 7 Mar 202432 Broadview Stevenage Herts SG1 3TS
Received 7 Mar 2024377 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HA
Received 8 Mar 2024Mecca Bingo Danestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1XB
Received 11 Mar 2024Courtlands Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 11 Mar 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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