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11,185 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Received 11 Dec 202516 Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 11 Dec 2025Walpole Court Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TZ
Received 12 Dec 2025Aldi Stores Fairlands Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1FZ
Received 15 Dec 20252 Langmoor Cottages Symonds Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2HB
Received 15 Dec 2025Wiltron House Rutherford Close Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Dec 202527 Broad Oak Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8QN
Received 16 Dec 2025SG1 Development Site Town Centre Stevenage
Received 17 Dec 2025Land Adjacent To GSK Campus Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2FX
Received 18 Dec 2025Tennis Courts King George V Playing Field Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 19 Dec 2025King George V Playing Field, Tennis Courts Sish Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 3LS
Received 19 Dec 2025Stevenage Borough Council Depot Cavendish Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2ET
Received 19 Dec 202567 Sparrow Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 9FB
Received 19 Dec 202522 Lawrence Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3JX
Received 19 Dec 202595 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HR
Received 22 Dec 2025The Oval Stevenage Herts SG1 5LW
Received 22 Dec 2025Misya Meze Grill 123 - 125 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 22 Dec 2025Misya Meze Grill 123 - 125 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 22 Dec 202517 Cromwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HT
Received 22 Dec 202545 Manor View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PF
Received 23 Dec 2025South Car Park Primett Road Stevenage Herts
Received 23 Dec 2025South Car Park Primett Road Stevenage Herts
Received 23 Dec 202510 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JJ
Received 23 Dec 2025185 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9BX
Received 24 Dec 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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