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.
11,185 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ES
Received 27 Jan 2025Land At Maxwell Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EW
Received 28 Jan 202529 - 31 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HE
Received 28 Jan 2025119 Pankhurst Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0QL
Received 29 Jan 2025Bond International Cartwright Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QJ
Received 29 Jan 202526 - 48 Buckthorn Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 1TT
Received 30 Jan 2025Land Opposite 25 And 26 St. Albans Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 30 Jan 2025Games Yard High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3EB
Received 30 Jan 2025Land Opposite 25 And 26 St. Albans Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 30 Jan 202563 Ayr Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5RZ
Received 30 Jan 20253 Rusling Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5BX
Received 30 Jan 2025Land Opposite 25 And 26 St. Albans Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 30 Jan 2025Land Opposite 25 And 26 St. Albans Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 30 Jan 2025Land Opposite 25 And 26 St. Albans Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 30 Jan 202512 Marlborough Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HP
Received 30 Jan 202517 Poppy Mead Stevenage Herts SG1 1QZ
Received 31 Jan 2025Car Park Bragbury End Sports Ground Aston Lane Aston Stevenage Herts SG2 8WN
Received 31 Jan 2025Sainsbury's Plc Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 31 Jan 202533 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ES
Received 1 Feb 20258 Greenways Stevenage Herts SG1 3TE
Received 1 Feb 202536 Kessingland Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 2JR
Received 2 Feb 2025319 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5HF
Received 3 Feb 2025119 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8SH
Received 3 Feb 20259A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 4 Feb 2025Records 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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