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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.
23,566 approved · 3,545 refused · 1,703 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Apr 1948 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
6 Attimore Close Welwyn Garden City AL8 6LN
Received 30 May 201720 Monks Rise Welwyn Garden City AL8 7NF
Received 18 Sept 20202 Elm Gardens Welwyn Garden City AL8 6RY
Received 15 Nov 201824 Brookmans Avenue, Brookmans Park, Hatfield, AL9 7QJ
Received 2 Dec 20153 Rosedale Welwyn Garden City AL7 1DW
Received 28 Jan 202137 Crossway Welwyn Garden City AL8 7ED
Received 3 Dec 20218 Wendover Lodge Church Street Welwyn AL6 9LR
Received 2 Sept 201572 Bishops Rise Hatfield Hertfordshire AL10 9HH
Received 23 Mar 2023Garages Lockley Crescent and Drovers Way AL10 0TL
Received 6 Mar 2025Barnside Court Welwyn Garden City AL8 6TN
Received 23 Mar 20228 Butterwick Way Welwyn AL6 9GH
Received 14 Nov 20258 Garden Road Woolmer Green Knebworth SG3 6JZ
Received 6 Mar 201932 Barleycroft Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 6JU
Received 21 Oct 2025257 Heronswood Road, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 3JJ
Received 22 Apr 2013Sankeys Cottage Ponsbourne Park Newgate Street Hertford SG13 8QT
Received 20 Dec 201834 Broomhills Welwyn Garden City AL7 1RF
Received 28 Apr 2021Land bordering 14 & 15 The Valley Green, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7DQ
Received 17 Jan 201433 Holwell Road Welwyn Garden City AL7 3RE
Received 21 Jan 2022University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, HATFIELD, AL10 9AB
Received 19 Dec 201220 Attimore Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 6LW
Received 8 Jul 20249 Youngs Rise, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6RT
Received 22 Sept 20169 Monkswood, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7EF
Received 15 May 20235 Bluebell Way Hatfield AL10 9FJ
Received 19 Nov 202135 Sandpit Road Welwyn Garden City AL7 3TW
Received 31 Mar 2026Records 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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