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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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Garages G001 - G026 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9YA
Received 4 May 202415 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QX
Received 7 May 202483 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4EU
Received 7 May 20247 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 7 May 202423 Foster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SA
Received 9 May 202424 Vallansgate Stevenage Herts SG2 8PY
Received 9 May 202421 School Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9TY
Received 9 May 20242A North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AT
Received 9 May 202453 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BS
Received 13 May 202473 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QF
Received 13 May 20241 Hunters Close Stevenage Herts SG2 7BL
Received 14 May 2024Land To The West Of Lytton Way Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 14 May 20241 Aspen Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SJ
Received 14 May 2024Oak Furnitureland, Unit 2A Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 15 May 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 15 May 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 15 May 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 15 May 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 15 May 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 15 May 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 15 May 2024Barnwell Upper School Barnwell Stevenage Herts SG2 9SW
Received 15 May 2024Unit 7B Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 18 May 202419 The Glebe Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0DL
Received 18 May 202436 Newton Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0BU
Received 20 May 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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