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11,185 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To GSK Campus Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 5 Feb 202535 Briardale Stevenage Herts SG1 1TR
Received 5 Feb 202522 - 24 Ellis Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3SA
Received 5 Feb 202510A And 10B Burwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9RF
Received 6 Feb 202533 Whitesmead Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3LB
Received 6 Feb 2025Land To The West Of Lytton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 10 Feb 2025Land To The West Of Lytton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1AG
Received 7 Feb 2025224-230 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 10 Feb 2025224-230 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 10 Feb 2025224-230 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 10 Feb 2025224-230 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 10 Feb 202511 Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 10 Feb 2025SG1 Development Site Plot A Town Centre Stevenage
Received 10 Feb 20256-8 Willows Link Stevenage Herts SG2 8AR
Received 10 Feb 2025Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 11 Feb 2025224-230 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 11 Feb 2025224-230 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 11 Feb 20253 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 11 Feb 2025107 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0EB
Received 11 Feb 2025Unit 1 Oaklands Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XW
Received 13 Feb 2025Old Red Lion PH Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 13 Feb 2025Land Opposite 25 And 26 St. Albans Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 14 Feb 202532 The Pastures Stevenage Herts SG2 7DZ
Received 14 Feb 2025Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 14 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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