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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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Milestone Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9RR
Received 8 Apr 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 8 Apr 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 8 Apr 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 8 Apr 2024403 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5BA
Received 9 Apr 20242 Benstede Stevenage Herts SG2 8JL
Received 9 Apr 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 9 Apr 202412 Dove Road Stevenage Herts
Received 9 Apr 202410A Burwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9RF
Received 10 Apr 2024139 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8ST
Received 14 Apr 202416 Six Bells Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 9SF
Received 15 Apr 20247 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 15 Apr 202410 Orchard Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 3EW
Received 16 Apr 20249 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 16 Apr 202476 Kymswell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9JS
Received 17 Apr 2024Gridserve Stevenage Electric Forecourt Knebworth Park Old Knebworth Knebworth Herts SG1 2ZD
Received 17 Apr 202424 Wood Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8NY
Received 17 Apr 2024Courtlands Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 17 Apr 20243 Kenilworth Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TB
Received 17 Apr 20241-14 Cavalier Court Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RD
Received 18 Apr 202432 Broadview Stevenage Herts SG1 3TS
Received 11 Mar 20246 Hyde Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XU
Received 18 Apr 2024FIRA International Ltd Maxwell Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EW
Received 18 Apr 2024Unit 3 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 19 Apr 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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