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11,185 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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: 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Wychdell Stevenage Herts SG2 8JE
Received 20 Jun 202595 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0ED
Received 21 Jun 202533 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1LU
Received 23 Jun 202515 Benstede Stevenage Herts SG2 8JL
Received 24 Jun 2025201 Raleigh Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 0EA
Received 24 Jun 20251 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PT
Received 25 Jun 202579 Four Acres Stevenage Herts SG1 3PJ
Received 26 Jun 2025137 Mildmay Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5RS
Received 26 Jun 202510 Boswell Gardens Stevenage Herts SG1 4SB
Received 26 Jun 2025SG1 Development Site Town Centre Stevenage
Received 26 Jun 20252 Popple Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3TG
Received 26 Jun 2025103 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EA
Received 27 Jun 2025Roaring Meg Retail Park London Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1XN
Received 27 Jun 2025Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 30 Jun 20255 Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 2 Jul 202529 - 31 Orchard Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3HE
Received 2 Jul 2025160 Broadwater Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8EP
Received 3 Jul 20259 Compton Place Stevenage Herts SG1 4FN
Received 4 Jul 2025149 Wigram Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9UJ
Received 4 Jul 20255 Foster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SA
Received 7 Jul 2025The Marquis Of Granby North Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BS
Received 7 Jul 2025Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 7 Jul 202520 Eliot Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LJ
Received 8 Jul 2025MBDA UK Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2DA
Received 8 Jul 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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