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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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 23 Oct 20238 Albert Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3NZ
Received 24 Oct 2023Gridserve Stevenage Electric Forecourt Knebworth Park Old Knebworth Knebworth Herts SG1 2ZD
Received 24 Oct 202323 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 24 Oct 202312 Trafford Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RY
Received 25 Oct 2023Sycamore House Leyden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BP
Received 25 Oct 2023Land West Of North Road North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AH
Received 25 Oct 2023Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 25 Oct 202323 Park View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PU
Received 26 Oct 2023107 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PS
Received 26 Oct 2023Retail Unit Nr 1 Ground Floor 50 Hertford Road Stevenage SG2 8ED
Received 26 Oct 2023Retail Unit Nr 1 Ground Floor 50 Hertford Road Stevenage SG2 8ED
Received 26 Oct 2023Unit B2 Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 27 Oct 2023Matalan Unit B-C Danestrete Stevenage Herts
Received 31 Oct 2023Car Park Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 1 Nov 2023Play Centre Hampson Park Webb Rise Stevenage Herts
Received 1 Nov 2023Land Adjacent To 84 Mobbsbury Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0HX
Received 1 Nov 20232 Nicholas Place Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BZ
Received 1 Nov 202325 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EQ
Received 6 Nov 202338 - 44 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EU
Received 7 Nov 202315 Buckthorn Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 1TT
Received 7 Nov 2023553 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5QR
Received 7 Nov 20234 Boxfield Green Stevenage Herts SG2 7DR
Received 8 Nov 2023250 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HL
Received 8 Nov 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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