Forhad Chowdhury
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Stevenage planning committee

Councillor Forhad Chowdhury

Roebuck wardMember, Planning and Development Committee

Seen at planning committee from February 2025 to October 2026

  • 92%attendance
  • 12recorded votes
  • 5agreed, no vote against recorded
  • 92%with the majority
  • 0%against officer advice

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As at 8 October 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Stevenage’s published minutes, Councillor Forhad Chowdhury attended 12 of the 13 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from February 2025 to October 2026. Each member's vote is recorded on 12 decisions at those meetings: Chowdhury voted 11 for, 1 abstained. On 11 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and none went against it. On 5 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Chowdhury is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.

Meetings attended
12 of 1392%
Meetings whose minutes list them as present, sending apologies or absent. Minutes that list only those present cannot show an absence.
Decisions at their meetings
33
Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
Recorded votes
12
Decisions where the minutes, the council's recorded vote or the meeting's recording give each member's vote: 11 for, 0 against, 1 abstained.
With the majority
11 of 1292%
Votes for the resolution the committee passed. An abstention is not counted as with the majority.
Agreed, no vote against recorded
5
Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
Votes against officer advice
0 of 110%
Recorded votes where the officers’ recommendation is known: for a resolution that went against it, or against one that followed it.
Divided votes
31 in the minority
Recorded votes where at least one member voted differently from the rest, and how often they were among those who did.
Declared interests
0
Decisions on which the minutes record them declaring an interest.

Voting record

Votes by quarter

11 for, 0 against, 1 abstained, over 5 quarters with a recorded vote.

12 recorded votes, by the quarter of the meeting.

ForAgainstAbstained
024
2025
2026
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Votes by quarter
QuarterForAgainstAbstained
Q1 2025300
Q2 2025200
Q3 2025300
Q1 2026200
Q2 2026101

Against officer advice

Chowdhury went against officer advice less often than the committee: 0% of votes, against 3% of decisions.

The share that went against the officers’ recommendation.

Chowdhury’s votes0%0 of 11
The committee’s decisions at their meetings3%1 of 33

The typical member of this committee (the median of 13 members with 5 or more such votes) voted against officer advice on 0% of them.

Agreement with other members

Not drawn: on the 3 divided votes the minutes record, fewer than 3 other members voted beside them 5 or more times.

Attendance

92%

12 of 13 meetings whose minutes list them; apologies for 1.

The typical member of this committee attended 92% (the median of 17 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

Each square is a meeting whose minutes list them, oldest first.

PresentApologies
20252026

Planning and Development Committee: 12 meetings

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
8 Oct 2026Planning and Development CommitteePresent
8 Sep 2026Planning and Development CommitteePresent
4 Aug 2026Planning and Development CommitteePresent
30 Jun 2026Planning and Development CommitteePresent
4 Jun 2026Planning and Development CommitteePresent
7 Apr 2026Planning and Development CommitteePresent
12 Mar 2026Planning and Development CommitteePresent
2 Dec 2025Planning and Development CommitteeApologies
28 Oct 2025Planning and Development CommitteePresent
9 Sep 2025Planning and Development CommitteePresent
21 Jul 2025Planning and Development CommitteePresent
5 Jun 2025Planning and Development CommitteePresent
19 Feb 2025Planning and Development CommitteePresent

Decisions

Every application decided at a meeting they sat on, newest first, with their vote where the minutes give it.

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Their vote
Outcome

In the minutes

What the minutes record Chowdhury moving, seconding, asking or saying on each decision, in the minutes’ own words. Passages that name more than one councillor, or a member of the public, are left out.

The minutes we hold do not quote this councillor by name.

How this is worked out

Everything here is read from Stevenage’s published planning committee minutes, 14 meetings from February 2025 to October 2026. A councillor is matched across meetings by the council’s own member number where it has one, otherwise by full name.

Each vote shows how it is known. Named in the minutes: the minutes, or the council’s own recorded vote, list each member with their vote. From the count and the names: the minutes give the numbers and name the members in the minority, and every member present is known. All members present in favour: the minutes say every member voted for it and the members present are known. No vote against recorded: the minutes record the decision with no vote against, no abstention and no count, at a council whose minutes print a divided vote when there is one, so each member present is counted for. Unanimous vote: the minutes call the decision unanimous, or give a count with no one against and no one abstaining, and each member present is counted for. From the meeting recording: the vote was heard on the council’s recording of the meeting and closes exactly with the members present. Where none of these holds, the vote is left as “Not recorded” and is not counted.

Votes are on the resolution the committee passed, so a vote for is a vote with the majority. A vote is a decision on the application in front of the committee, not a statement of the councillor’s views. A percentage is shown only with five or more votes, decisions or meetings behind it.

Source: Plota analysis of the council’s minutes. The party is from the council’s own list of councillors.

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