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11,184 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AL
Received 29 Aug 202414 Burydale Stevenage Herts SG2 8AT
Received 29 Aug 202415 Glenwood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QT
Received 30 Aug 2024Glaxo SmithKline Research And Development Ltd Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 30 Aug 202476 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9EA
Received 30 Aug 2024128 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9XP
Received 2 Sept 2024Oak Lodge Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 2 Sept 20241-14 Cavalier Court Stevenage Herts SG1 4RD
Received 3 Sept 20241-14 Cranborne Court Stevenage Herts SG1 4RE
Received 3 Sept 2024110 - 128 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4HY
Received 3 Sept 2024141 - 159 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4JW
Received 3 Sept 2024180-196 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4JA
Received 3 Sept 2024206 - 222 Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4JB
Received 3 Sept 2024338 - 354 York Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4EL
Received 3 Sept 2024296 - 314 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4DT
Received 3 Sept 2024374-394 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4DY
Received 3 Sept 2024444 - 464 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4EA
Received 3 Sept 2024Cineworld Multiplex Cinema 4 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 4 Sept 2024Ross Court Stevenage Herts SG2 0HW
Received 4 Sept 2024Ross Court Stevenage Herts SG2 0HD
Received 4 Sept 2024John Henry Newman School Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 4 Sept 2024Unit 11A And Unit 11B Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 4 Sept 202423 Dryden Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0JQ
Received 5 Sept 20243 Rusling Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5BX
Received 6 Sept 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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