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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11,185 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
365 - 369 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4EH
Received 9 Apr 2025Bus Interchange Danesgate Stevenage Herts SG1 1WX
Received 9 Apr 202563 Colestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1RE
Received 9 Apr 2025Gates Of Stevenage Arlington Business Park Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2BE
Received 9 Apr 2025The Old Timber Cottage Norton Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2DP
Received 9 Apr 202542 The Lawns Stevenage Herts SG2 9RT
Received 9 Apr 202561 Burymead Stevenage Herts SG1 4AY
Received 10 Apr 20256 Mablethorpe Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2YZ
Received 10 Apr 202550 Mandeville Stevenage Herts SG2 8JN
Received 14 Apr 202564 Holly Leys Stevenage Herts SG2 8HZ
Received 16 Apr 2025108 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DW
Received 16 Apr 20252 Wellington Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HR
Received 16 Apr 202523 Parishes Mead Stevenage Herts SG2 9QD
Received 17 Apr 2025138 Letchmore Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PT
Received 19 Apr 2025Garages At Dunn Close Stevenage Herts
Received 22 Apr 2025Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 22 Apr 2025John Henry Newman School Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AE
Received 24 Apr 20258 Cuttys Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 1UL
Received 24 Apr 20254 Severn Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3YL
Received 24 Apr 202511 Goddard End Stevenage Herts SG2 7ER
Received 25 Apr 2025Car Park Bragbury End Sports Ground Aston Lane Aston Stevenage Herts SG2 8WN
Received 25 Apr 202516 Badgers Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1UH
Received 26 Apr 2025Nine Furlongs Land To The Rear Of 127 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8ST
Received 28 Apr 2025Thomas Alleyne Academy High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BE
Received 28 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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