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11,185 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brent Court Silam Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1JN
Received 3 Oct 20254 Granby Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4AR
Received 6 Oct 20259 Symonds Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2HA
Received 7 Oct 202555 Torquay Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 2RH
Received 8 Oct 2025295 Jessop Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5LT
Received 8 Oct 2025Garages At Dunn Close Stevenage Herts
Received 8 Oct 2025Car Park Bragbury End Sports Ground Aston Lane Aston Stevenage
Received 8 Oct 202571 Old Bourne Way Stevenage Herts SG1 6AE
Received 9 Oct 2025The Oval Stevenage Herts SG1 5LW
Received 9 Oct 2025Courtlands Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Received 9 Oct 2025ASDA Stores Ltd Monkswood Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LA
Received 10 Oct 202532 St. Albans Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4RU
Received 10 Oct 202522 Newgate Stevenage Herts SG2 9DS
Received 10 Oct 202564 Haycroft Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JJ
Received 10 Oct 2025159 Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0LU
Received 13 Oct 2025The Cromwell Hotel 25 - 27 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AZ
Received 15 Oct 20252 Knebworth Gate London Road Stevenage Herts SG2 8DF
Received 15 Oct 2025Security Hut Gunnels Wood Park Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Oct 202518 - 24 Ellis Avenue Stevenage Herts SG1 3SA
Received 15 Oct 2025107A - 119A Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NA
Received 16 Oct 2025121A - 127A Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NA
Received 16 Oct 202585 Lingfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5SQ
Received 17 Oct 2025Bond International Cartwright Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4QJ
Received 17 Oct 2025Garages At Dunn Close Stevenage Herts
Received 20 Oct 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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