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11,185 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barnwell Middle School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 28 Jul 2025Tarrant Court Ingleside Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RG
Received 29 Jul 202590 St. Margarets Stevenage Herts SG2 8RE
Received 30 Jul 2025Rooks Nest Farm Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 30 Jul 202520 Park View Stevenage Herts SG2 8PU
Received 30 Jul 2025Stevenage Circuits Ltd Caxton Way Stevenage Herts
Received 1 Aug 2025226 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LZ
Received 4 Aug 202522 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JN
Received 4 Aug 20259C High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 4 Aug 20257 Burymead Stevenage Herts SG1 4AX
Received 4 Aug 20258 Windsor Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8UD
Received 5 Aug 2025Traffords Symonds Green Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 2HP
Received 5 Aug 2025224-230 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 6 Aug 2025224-230 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 6 Aug 2025Valley Sports Football Academy Broadhall Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9BN
Received 6 Aug 202514 Foster Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4SA
Received 6 Aug 2025Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 7 Aug 202515 Hellards Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PN
Received 7 Aug 202565 Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RW
Received 7 Aug 202520 Green Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3DS
Received 7 Aug 202599 Hertford Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8SE
Received 7 Aug 202566 Chepstow Close Stevenage Herts SG1 5TT
Received 11 Aug 202539 Milestone Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9RR
Received 11 Aug 202557 Warwick Road Stevenage Herts SG2 0QT
Received 11 Aug 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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