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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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
154 Leaves Spring Stevenage Herts SG2 9BG
Received 7 Jun 2024Land Between 40 Conifer Walk And 7 Conifer Close Stevenage Herts
Received 8 Jun 2024Costa Coffee 7 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 11 Jun 202431A Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DA
Received 12 Jun 2024Matalan Unit B-C Danestrete Stevenage Herts
Received 12 Jun 202430 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 12 Jun 202430 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 12 Jun 202411 Edison Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0DG
Received 13 Jun 2024467 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5QR
Received 13 Jun 2024Hertford House Rutherford Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2EF
Received 13 Jun 2024Silkin Court Campkin Mead Stevenage Herts SG2 9PU
Received 14 Jun 2024108 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PT
Received 14 Jun 2024Corey's Mill Beefeater Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AA
Received 14 Jun 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 14 Jun 2024117 Fairview Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NP
Received 14 Jun 2024Peacehaven London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XW
Received 17 Jun 202499 - 103 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4LQ
Received 17 Jun 2024463 - 467 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4EQ
Received 17 Jun 20246 Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9ER
Received 19 Jun 2024The Forum Centre The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 19 Jun 20249 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 20 Jun 20243 Essex Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EZ
Received 21 Jun 2024127 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0EB
Received 21 Jun 2024Hollywood Bowl 5 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 21 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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