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11,185 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Sleaps Hyde Stevenage Herts SG2 8JP
Received 28 Mar 2025424 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5BQ
Received 29 Mar 202523 Angle Ways Stevenage Herts SG2 9AP
Received 29 Mar 202570 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8BA
Received 31 Mar 2025224-230 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 31 Mar 2025224-230 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 31 Mar 2025Sala Thong 112 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 31 Mar 202533 Julians Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3ES
Received 1 Apr 202534 Alleyns Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PP
Received 2 Apr 202514 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AP
Received 3 Apr 202533 Jupiter Gate Stevenage Herts
Received 4 Apr 202534 Granby Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AS
Received 4 Apr 202522 Burwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9RQ
Received 8 Apr 2025399 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8HB
Received 8 Apr 202593 - 97 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4LQ
Received 8 Apr 2025269 - 273 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4EJ
Received 8 Apr 2025275 - 279 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4EJ
Received 8 Apr 20255 Wilson Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4TD
Received 9 Apr 2025457 - 461 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4EQ
Received 9 Apr 2025371- 375 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4EH
Received 8 Apr 2025463 - 467 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4EQ
Received 8 Apr 202599 - 103 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4LQ
Received 8 Apr 2025187 - 191 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4LG
Received 9 Apr 2025181 - 185 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4LG
Received 9 Apr 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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