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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.
11,188 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 2000 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Eastern Side Of Stevenage Railway Station Lytton Way Stevenage Herts SG1 1LZ
Received 15 Apr 2026Land To The North Of Stevenage Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 15 Apr 2026Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 15 Apr 2026Land To The South-East Of St Nicholas JMI School Six Hills Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0PZ
Received 15 Apr 2026Land To The North Of The Fairlands Valley Car Park Fairlands Way Stevenage Herts
Received 15 Apr 2026Argyle House Argyle Way Stevenage Herts SG1 2AD
Received 17 Apr 20262 Langmoor Cottages Symonds Green Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2HB
Received 17 Apr 202669 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PU
Received 20 Apr 2026G009 - G029 G Broadview Broadview Stevenage Herts
Received 20 Apr 2026G001 - G014 G Stony Croft Stony Croft Stevenage Herts
Received 20 Apr 2026Stevenage Borough Council Daneshill House Danestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1HN
Received 21 Apr 20262 Lintott Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3LZ
Received 22 Apr 20269 Woodfield Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4BP
Received 22 Apr 202610 Southsea Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2PH
Received 22 Apr 20262 Morley Cottages Chells Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 7AA
Received 22 Apr 2026Land To East Of Ashwell Common Graveley Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4YS
Received 23 Apr 2026Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 23 Apr 2026Land At Martins Way Stevenage Herts SG1 3BW
Received 23 Apr 202648 Valley Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9AF
Received 23 Apr 202611 Turner Close Stevenage Herts SG1 4AF
Received 23 Apr 202615 Montfitchet Walk Stevenage Herts SG2 7DT
Received 24 Apr 2026224-230 Bedwell Crescent Stevenage Herts SG1 1NG
Received 24 Apr 2026113 The Pastures Stevenage Herts SG2 7DF
Received 24 Apr 2026Tarla Restaurant 23 - 25 Middle Row Stevenage Herts SG1 3AW
Received 27 Apr 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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