Stevenage Borough Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
Stevenage Borough Council decided more than 490 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 5% of those it approved or refused, lower than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 50 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on Stevenage Borough Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Figures for Stevenage Borough Council
| Applications decided | more than 490 |
|---|---|
| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 5%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 50 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | 4%of 120 decided |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 10 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | Too few appeals |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2021 |
| Local Plan policies held | more than 110plan adopted 2019 |
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.