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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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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: 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Denton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1SX
Received 11 Mar 2024Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 12 Mar 20248 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 12 Mar 2024106 - 114 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AE
Received 13 Mar 202445 Homestead Moat Stevenage Herts SG1 1UE
Received 13 Mar 20241-12 Fovant Court Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RF
Received 14 Mar 202417 Pepsal End Stevenage Herts SG2 8LW
Received 14 Mar 2024119 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4TZ
Received 14 Mar 2024Land To South Of Chantry Farm Old Chantry Lane Todds Green Stevenage Herts
Received 14 Mar 202484 St. Margarets Stevenage Herts SG2 8RE
Received 19 Mar 202411 Wensum Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3XX
Received 19 Mar 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 19 Mar 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 19 Mar 2024Church Of St. Peter The Willows Stevenage Herts
Received 20 Mar 20247 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 20 Mar 202417 Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QS
Received 22 Mar 202492 Briardale Stevenage Herts SG1 1TR
Received 22 Mar 202421 Parkers Field Stevenage Herts SG2 9JR
Received 23 Mar 202486 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9XL
Received 25 Mar 2024Land Adjacent To 68 Stirling Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TQ
Received 25 Mar 2024203 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9BU
Received 25 Mar 2024120 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9DE
Received 26 Mar 20247 West Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1PW
Received 26 Mar 2024Land Between 184 And 186 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NE
Received 26 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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