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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Siddons Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0PW
Received 21 May 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 21 May 20243 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AT
Received 22 May 202462 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NR
Received 22 May 2024The Bragbury Centre Kenilworth Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8TB
Received 23 May 202412 - 14 Willows Link Stevenage Herts SG2 8AR
Received 23 May 2024Sycamore House Leyden Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BP
Received 23 May 2024MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 23 May 202420 Lygrave Stevenage Herts SG2 8LB
Received 24 May 2024106 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HF
Received 27 May 2024Garage Block 31 - 49 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8AZ
Received 28 May 202415 Glenwood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QT
Received 28 May 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 30 May 2024Stevenage Leisure Park, Unit 13 Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG2 2UA
Received 30 May 202449 Grove Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3NT
Received 31 May 202423 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 31 May 202423 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 31 May 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 31 May 2024The Barn Stebbing Farm Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JB
Received 2 Jun 202415 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 4 Jun 2024Broadwater Service Station Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EH
Received 5 Jun 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 6 Jun 2024Thomas Alleyne Academy High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BE
Received 6 Jun 2024157 Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LP
Received 6 Jun 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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