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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Stevenage Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Stevenage website
11,188 approved · 863 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
32 Brick Kiln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 2NH
Received 16 Sept 2026Alleynes School House 1 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BG
Received 17 Sept 2026Land To The West Of Stevenage Stevenage Herts SG1 2TS
Received 17 Sept 202680 Whitesmead Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3JZ
Received 17 Sept 202646 Basils Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3PX
Received 18 Sept 202670 Spring Drive Stevenage Herts SG2 8BA
Received 21 Sept 202621 Lincoln Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4PJ
Received 22 Sept 202629-29A High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AU
Received 22 Sept 2026Old Red Lion PH Hydean Way Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 23 Sept 20268 Furzedown Stevenage Herts SG2 9EN
Received 23 Sept 20266 Furzedown Stevenage Herts SG2 9EN
Received 23 Sept 2026199 Canterbury Way Stevenage Herts SG1 4LG
Received 23 Sept 2026Hotel Cromwell 25 - 27 High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3AZ
Received 25 Sept 202615 Chambers Gate Stevenage Herts SG1 3XE
Received 25 Sept 2026Fairlands Valley Farmhouse Fairlands Way Stevenage Herts
Received 24 Sept 20262 Morley Cottages Chells Lane Stevenage Herts SG2 7AA
Received 28 Sept 2026Wiltron House Rutherford Close Stevenage Herts
Received 28 Sept 2026Medbury Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Received 28 Sept 202679 Chertsey Rise Stevenage Herts SG2 9JH
Received 29 Sept 2026107 Chells Way Stevenage Herts SG2 0LT
Received 29 Sept 20267 St. Andrews Drive Stevenage Herts SG1 4UY
Received 29 Sept 202612 Angotts Mead Stevenage Herts SG1 2NJ
Received 29 Sept 2026Barnwell Middle School Shephall Green Stevenage Herts SG2 9XR
Received 29 Sept 20261 Park Close Stevenage Herts SG2 8PX
Received 30 Sept 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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