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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11,185 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Newgate Stevenage Herts SG2 9DS
Received 4 Mar 202520 Warners Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9ST
Received 4 Mar 2025Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 4 Mar 2025Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 4 Mar 2025Land Between 146 And 225 Hopton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2LF
Received 5 Mar 20259 Paddocks Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9UD
Received 10 Mar 202524 Fresson Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QU
Received 6 Mar 2025Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 6 Mar 202560 Fawcett Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0EH
Received 7 Mar 2025109 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 7 Mar 20256 The Pastures Stevenage Herts SG2 7DZ
Received 7 Mar 202529 Whitney Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4BQ
Received 10 Mar 202516 Badgers Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1UH
Received 10 Mar 20255 Jubilee Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PG
Received 1 May 2025Barnwell Upper School Barnwell Stevenage Herts SG2 9SW
Received 12 Mar 202561 Uplands Stevenage Herts SG2 7DW
Received 14 Mar 202512 Goddard End Stevenage Herts SG2 7ER
Received 14 Mar 20253 Brookhill Stevenage Herts SG2 8RR
Received 14 Mar 2025124 Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TF
Received 14 Mar 202510 Boswell Gardens Stevenage Herts SG1 4SB
Received 17 Mar 2025Indoor Market Market Square Stevenage Herts
Received 17 Mar 202525 Wiltshire Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9DU
Received 17 Mar 2025129 Kimbolton Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8RN
Received 18 Mar 2025Leys JMI School Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QZ
Received 19 Mar 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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