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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 9 Jul 202417 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 10 Jul 202417 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 10 Jul 20242 The Priory Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BX
Received 10 Jul 2024219 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8ES
Received 11 Jul 202420 Granby Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AR
Received 11 Jul 2024MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 15 Jul 202427 Beale Close Stevenage Herts SG2 0LS
Received 10 Jun 2024330 - 336 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4NG
Received 15 Jul 202429-29A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 16 Jul 2024101 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 17 Jul 202426 Vallansgate Stevenage Herts SG2 8PY
Received 17 Jul 202461 Brixham Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2SA
Received 18 Jul 2024Unit 3 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 18 Jul 2024Larwood Academy School Larwood Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 5BZ
Received 19 Jul 2024Monkswood Retail Park Elder Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1TL
Received 22 Jul 202454 St. Albans Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RU
Received 22 Jul 2024Bond International Cartwright Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QJ
Received 23 Jul 202415 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BD
Received 23 Jul 202435 Ayr Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RZ
Received 25 Jul 202414 Lower Sean Stevenage Herts SG2 9XN
Received 26 Jul 20245 Christie Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0NT
Received 26 Jul 20247 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 26 Jul 20241 Beehive Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9TQ
Received 27 Jul 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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