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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.
11,185 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 15 Oct 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 15 Oct 202431A Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DA
Received 15 Oct 202417 Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QS
Received 16 Oct 202470 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QH
Received 16 Oct 202444 Ten Acres Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 9US
Received 16 Oct 20249 - 11 The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 16 Oct 202417 Taywood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QP
Received 16 Oct 2024Autolus Marshgate Stevenage Herts SG1 1FR
Received 17 Oct 2024251 Shephall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9RL
Received 21 Oct 202418 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 23 Oct 2024Land Between 40 Conifer Walk And 7 Conifer Close Stevenage Herts SG2 7QR
Received 23 Oct 2024Hertford House Rutherford Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2EF
Received 24 Oct 2024Car Park Behind 133 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HT
Received 24 Oct 2024Tarla Restaurant 23 - 25 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW
Received 24 Oct 202415 Buckthorn Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 1TT
Received 25 Oct 2024Sala Thong 112 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 28 Oct 202410 Poston Place Stevenage Herts SG2 0BS
Received 28 Oct 2024St. Marys Vicarage 148 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9YA
Received 28 Oct 2024109 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 29 Oct 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 29 Oct 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 29 Oct 2024The Forum Centre The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1ES
Received 29 Oct 2024Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 29 Oct 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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