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11,185 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SG1 Development Site Town Centre Stevenage Herts
Received 21 Jan 202629-29A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 21 Jan 20263 Rooks Nest Farm Barns Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4XS
Received 22 Jan 2026374 Archer Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5QH
Received 23 Jan 202613 Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9ER
Received 23 Jan 202660 Uplands Stevenage Herts SG2 7DW
Received 23 Jan 2026209 Vardon Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5PY
Received 26 Jan 2026Priory Meadow Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 26 Jan 202616 Chancellors Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AP
Received 26 Jan 202635 Devonshire Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8RY
Received 27 Jan 2026Walpole Court Blenheim Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8TZ
Received 28 Jan 2026Walton Lodge Veterinary Group Maxwell Road Stevenage Herts
Received 30 Jan 202617 Cholwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9JY
Received 30 Jan 2026Brent Court Silam Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1JN
Received 30 Jan 20269 Ground Floor Office Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3QD
Received 30 Jan 20264 Fellowes Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BN
Received 2 Feb 2026G050 Ferrier Road Stevenage Herts
Received 2 Feb 2026131 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3HS
Received 2 Feb 202615 Vallansgate Stevenage Herts SG2 8PY
Received 3 Feb 202633 Greydells Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3NJ
Received 3 Feb 202652 The Hedgerows Stevenage Herts SG2 7BW
Received 4 Feb 202657 Warwick Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0QT
Received 5 Feb 20269 Hillmead Stevenage Herts SG1 1NT
Received 6 Feb 202650 Angotts Mead Stevenage Herts SG1 2NJ
Received 6 Feb 2026Records 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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