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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11,185 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
95 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0ED
Received 19 Nov 202415 North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BD
Received 19 Nov 20249 Shackledell Stevenage Herts SG2 9AE
Received 20 Nov 2024151 Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9YA
Received 21 Nov 202418 - 32 Walden End Stevenage Herts SG1 1TZ
Received 21 Nov 202434 - 48 Walden End Stevenage Herts SG1 1TZ
Received 21 Nov 202450 - 64 Walden End Stevenage Herts SG1 1TZ
Received 21 Nov 20242-16 Walden End Stevenage Herts SG1 1TZ
Received 22 Nov 202445 Breakspear Stevenage Herts SG2 9SQ
Received 22 Nov 202433 Osterley Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8SN
Received 23 Nov 2024224-230 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 25 Nov 202415 And 15A Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1LT
Received 26 Nov 2024Corrie Mead Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BX
Received 26 Nov 2024Symonds Lodge Symonds Green Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 2HP
Received 27 Nov 2024The Standing Order 33 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AS
Received 28 Nov 2024The Standing Order 33 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AS
Received 28 Nov 202442 Fishers Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JA
Received 29 Nov 2024Unit 3 Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 29 Nov 2024Nine Furlongs Land To The Rear Of 127 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8ST
Received 1 Dec 2024224-230 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 2 Dec 202411 - 19 Town Square Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BP
Received 3 Dec 202495 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HR
Received 4 Dec 20241A Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DR
Received 5 Dec 202419 Beane Walk Stevenage Herts SG2 7DP
Received 5 Dec 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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