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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11,185 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
83 Penn Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1HT
Received 30 Oct 2024Chauffeurs Cottage Bragbury End Stevenage Herts SG2 8TH
Received 30 Oct 202411 Tates Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4WP
Received 30 Oct 20242 Daltry Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4BW
Received 31 Oct 2024Sala Thong 112 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 31 Oct 2024Unit 1 Oaklands Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XW
Received 1 Nov 2024John Henry Newman School Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 1 Nov 2024182 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JQ
Received 4 Nov 2024Coreys Cottage, Coreys Mill Tates Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4WP
Received 6 Nov 202429-29A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 6 Nov 202440 - 56 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EE
Received 7 Nov 2024Nine Furlongs 127 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8ST
Received 8 Nov 202458 Wildwood Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 1TB
Received 8 Nov 202413 Redwing Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9FE
Received 9 Nov 2024140 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PT
Received 11 Nov 20247 Sheringham Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2JU
Received 12 Nov 20246 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JJ
Received 12 Nov 202476 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9EA
Received 13 Nov 202461 Brixham Close Stevenage Herts SG1 2SA
Received 13 Nov 2024Matalan Site Danestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1WR
Received 14 Nov 20243 Fry Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0QG
Received 15 Nov 2024Land Adjacent To 31 Essex Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3EX
Received 18 Nov 202417 Campion Court Stevenage Herts SG1 3EY
Received 18 Nov 202426 Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XS
Received 18 Nov 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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