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.
13,391 approved · 2,165 refused · 977 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 2005 to 30 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Lemsford Lane Welwyn Garden City AL8 6YN
Received 2 Jul 202426 Harwood Close Welwyn Garden City AL8 7SN
Received 23 Nov 201867 Daniells Welwyn Garden City AL7 1QT
Received 13 Oct 2020The Listed Hangar Mosquito Way Hatfield AL10 9AX
Received 4 Nov 20247 Stacklands Welwyn Garden City AL8 6XW
Received 23 Dec 202433 The Meadway Cuffley Potters Bar EN6 4ET
Received 23 Oct 201819 Birch Grove Welwyn AL6 0QP
Received 25 Sept 20184-6 Howardsgate, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6BQ
Received 27 Sept 20216 Polayn Garth Welwyn Garden City AL8 7DJ
Received 6 Jun 202376 Brockswood Lane Welwyn Garden City AL8 7BQ
Received 1 Oct 2020Holwell Court Farm Holwell Court Hatfield AL9 5RL
Received 22 May 20265 Bushey Ley Welwyn Garden City AL7 3EY
Received 12 Aug 20192 Stockbreach Close Hatfield AL10 0AX
Received 28 Nov 201872 Pentley Park Welwyn Garden City AL8 7SG
Received 5 Feb 2020The Hope And Anchor 2 Station Road Welham Green Hatfield AL9 7PJ
Received 18 Feb 2025The Vicarage 48 Parkway Welwyn Garden City AL8 6HH
Received 31 May 202316 Brockswood Lane Welwyn Garden City AL8 7BG
Received 13 Jan 202662 Valley Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7DN
Received 21 Jan 20198 Firway Welwyn Hertfordshire AL6 0RD
Received 16 Aug 202214 Walden Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7PF
Received 23 Oct 2023158 Thistle Grove Welwyn Garden City AL7 4AQ
Received 7 May 201851 Blakemere Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7PQ
Received 2 Jul 202120 Attimore Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 6LW
Received 5 May 2026Beales Hotel Comet Way Hatfield AL10 9NG
Received 18 Feb 2022Records 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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