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 Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
12,819 approved · 2,055 refused · 934 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 2005 to 30 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
53 Parkway Welwyn Garden City AL8 6JF
Received 24 Apr 202035 Crossway, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7ED
Received 26 Jun 202333 Burleigh Way Cuffley Potters Bar EN6 4LG
Received 13 Mar 20258 Willow Walk Welwyn AL6 9SQ
Received 30 Jun 20204 Wendover Drive Welwyn AL6 9LT
Received 29 Jul 20216 Copper Beeches Welwyn AL6 0SS
Received 30 Jun 202015 Moorend Welwyn Garden City AL7 4QL
Received 17 Nov 20223 Fearnley Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 6HW
Received 12 Sept 2019Garage at 41a Goldings Crescent AL10 8UB associated with 11 Link Walk
Received 22 Aug 20259 Stonemead, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7LX
Received 24 Jul 202331 Furzefield Road Welwyn Garden City AL7 3RL
Received 18 Mar 202136 Coltsfoot Welwyn Garden City AL7 3HZ
Received 20 Apr 202282-102, 83-103,104-124 and 105-125 Knightsfield Welwyn Garden City AL8 7HB
Received 6 Jun 20191 Town Centre Hatfield AL10 0JZ
Received 27 Mar 202310 Graysfield Welwyn Garden City AL7 4BL
Received 1 Nov 201914 Wood View Cuffley Potters Bar EN6 4RE
Received 1 Nov 20247 Stacklands Welwyn Garden City AL8 6XW
Received 23 Dec 202457 Mulberry Mead Hatfield AL10 9EH
Received 4 Sept 202538 Welwyn Hall Gardens Welwyn AL6 9LF
Received 2 Sept 202412 The Valley Green Welwyn Garden City AL8 7DQ
Received 17 Oct 202416 The Green Welwyn AL6 9EA
Received 21 Mar 202317, 19 Elm Gardens Welwyn Garden City AL8 6RX
Received 22 Dec 2020Primrose Cottage Kentish Lane Hatfield AL9 6EE
Received 18 Oct 20214 Whetstone Court Whetstone Close Welwyn AL6 0QY
Received 20 Mar 2024Records 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 Welwyn Hatfield 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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