8 Turton Place Stevenage Herts SG1 4XE Data via plota.co.uk

Awaiting decision 26/00435/ENQ10
Date received
4 Jun 2026
Date validated
4 Jun 2026
Postcode
SG1 4XE

Description

My daughter has autism and masks heavily at school. A lot of her frustrations are felt at home. Sienna masks heavily at school and needs a safe space to regulate. When we bought the house we did so on the provison we could convert the garage to a sensory room. The developer agreed to this before the purchase but the surveyer said we need to check if an article 4 direction has been used to remove permitted development rights. If there is anyway anyone could get back to me as soon as possible as we are very much in urgent need of this and were hoping this would be completed before the summer holidays as the building works would be dangerous around Sienna so it needs to be done whilst she was at school. We didnt realise we would need to do this part. My husband did send an email on Monday but didnt explain it properly. Our drive can also fir 3 cars on as we have done many times. Data via plota.co.uk

Stevenage
Planning Authority Score
8.8/10
Excellent
#10 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Stevenage is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #36 out of 296. Only 16% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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Stevenage decision performance
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
96%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #16 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #60 of 296
81%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #36 of 296
16%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #14 of 296
71%
Minor dwellings approved
14 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
92%
Change of use approved
25 decided
253
Total decisions
11 refused in the year to March 2026