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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Stoney Croft Stevenage Herts SG1 3TW
Received 12 Aug 20248 Marlborough Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HP
Received 13 Aug 2024ASDA Stores Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 13 Aug 202437 Fishers Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PD
Received 14 Aug 202464 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 14 Aug 20249-11 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EF
Received 14 Aug 202412 The Willows Stevenage Herts SG2 8AN
Received 15 Aug 202442 - 72 And 43 - 77 Bradman Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5RE
Received 15 Aug 202420 Trafford Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3RY
Received 15 Aug 2024Old School Of Nursing Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 16 Aug 2024491 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5BE
Received 16 Aug 2024Ken Brown Motors Shephall Way Stevenage Herts
Received 20 Aug 20242 Wilson Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4TD
Received 21 Aug 2024Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 22 Aug 2024Land At Crompton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EE
Received 22 Aug 20241-12 Fovant Court Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RF
Received 22 Aug 2024209 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PY
Received 22 Aug 202486 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EG
Received 23 Aug 202482 Faraday Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0BB
Received 23 Aug 202434 Cromwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HU
Received 24 Aug 202417 Foster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SA
Received 27 Aug 2024Stevenage Circuits Ltd Caxton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DF
Received 28 Aug 202410 Hillside Stevenage Herts SG1 1PX
Received 28 Aug 202472 Barnwell Stevenage Herts SG2 9SN
Received 29 Aug 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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