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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11,185 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brent Court Silam Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1JN
Received 16 May 202537 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AP
Received 17 May 202532 The Pastures Stevenage Herts SG2 7DZ
Received 19 May 202523 Long Leaves Stevenage Herts SG2 9AX
Received 20 May 202543 Carters Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QA
Received 21 May 202557 Warwick Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0QT
Received 21 May 202578 Derby Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5TH
Received 22 May 2025Maxwell Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2EW
Received 22 May 2025Land Beside 40 Shephall View Stevenage Herts SG1 1RL
Received 23 May 202545 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LQ
Received 23 May 2025330 - 336 Ripon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4NG
Received 23 May 202522 Grenville Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8XZ
Received 27 May 202517 Church Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3QS
Received 27 May 2025Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 27 May 20259 Marymead Court Stevenage Herts SG2 8AE
Received 27 May 2025Brent Court Silam Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1JN
Received 27 May 2025Bond International Cartwright Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QJ
Received 28 May 2025Former Kodak Site Bessemer Drive Stevenage Herts
Received 28 May 202566 Bude Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2RB
Received 29 May 202537 Kings Walden Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 0JX
Received 30 May 2025116 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8RB
Received 2 Jun 2025Unit 1 Roebuck Retail Park London Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1XZ
Received 2 Jun 2025Unit 3A Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 2 Jun 2025Stevenage Swimming Centre St. Georges Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1XY
Received 3 Jun 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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