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.
11,188 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
1 The Close Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BU
Received 27 Apr 2026427 Lonsdale Road Stevenage Herts SG1 5DS
Received 27 Apr 202615 Grenville Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8XZ
Received 28 Apr 2026Stevenage Swimming Pool St. Georges Way Stevenage Herts
Received 28 Apr 2026Land To The North Of Stevenage Off North Road And Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4DE
Received 29 Apr 202646 Marlborough Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HN
Received 29 Apr 2026Land At 40 Shephall View Stevenage Herts SG1 1RL
Received 1 May 202619 Glenwood Close Stevenage Herts SG2 9QT
Received 4 May 2026148 Leaves Spring Stevenage Herts SG2 9BG
Received 4 May 2026148 Leaves Spring Stevenage Herts SG2 9BG
Received 4 May 20265 Denton Road Stevenage Herts SG1 1SX
Received 5 May 2026Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4AB
Received 5 May 2026St Mary's Church Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 6 May 20268 Claymores Stevenage Herts SG1 3TL
Received 6 May 202623 Made Feld Stevenage Herts SG1 1PQ
Received 7 May 2026Land To The South East Of Symes House Symonds Green Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 2HP
Received 7 May 202667 Peartree Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9EA
Received 7 May 202681 Weston Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RW
Received 7 May 202620 East Close Stevenage Herts SG1 1PP
Received 8 May 2026105 Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB
Received 11 May 20267 King George Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3TB
Received 11 May 20261 Olde Swann Court Stevenage Herts SG1 3WB
Received 11 May 202615 Woodland Way Stevenage Herts SG2 8BU
Received 12 May 202648 Tamar Close Stevenage Herts SG1 6AS
Received 14 May 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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