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11,185 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
58 - 90 Queensway And Forum Chambers Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EE
Received 10 Jul 202558 - 90 Queensway And Forum Chambers Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EE
Received 10 Jul 202577 - 83 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DZ
Received 11 Jul 202577 - 83 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DZ
Received 11 Jul 20259 Hitchin Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3BJ
Received 11 Jul 202595 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HR
Received 14 Jul 2025Autolus Marshgate Stevenage Herts SG1 1FR
Received 15 Jul 202526 - 28 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1BS
Received 15 Jul 202558 - 90 Queensway And Forum Chambers Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1EE
Received 16 Jul 20251-7 Boston House Park Place Town Centre Stevenage Herts
Received 16 Jul 2025Daves Hot Chicken 15 Stevenage Leisure Park Kings Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2UA
Received 16 Jul 202577 - 83 Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DZ
Received 17 Jul 2025South-West Corner Of Westgate And Entrance Onto Queensway And The Forum Town Centre Stevenage Herts
Received 17 Jul 2025Brent Court Silam Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1JN
Received 17 Jul 202574 Anderson Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0LN
Received 17 Jul 2025224-230 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 18 Jul 2025224-230 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 18 Jul 202579 The Hedgerows Stevenage Herts SG2 7DQ
Received 21 Jul 202575 Kimbolton Crescent Stevenage Herts SG2 8RL
Received 22 Jul 2025224-230 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 22 Jul 202524 Grace Way Stevenage Herts SG1 5AA
Received 22 Jul 202531A Queensway Town Centre Stevenage Herts SG1 1DA
Received 23 Jul 2025495 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4EQ
Received 24 Jul 202559 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 28 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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