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Welwyn Hatfield planning applications

PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Welwyn Hatfield website

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
36,552Searchable applications
335Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 30,443 approved or refused records
4,173Refused applications

26,270 approved · 4,173 refused · 1,958 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Apr 1948 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
Planning information Planning and buildingLocal plan Our Local PlanPre-application advice Pre-application advice (planning applications)Conservation areas Schedule of properties removed from the Welwyn Conservation AreaArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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.

Conservation areas9 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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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.

More application records

  1. Decided - Refused6/2024/0891/COND

    Submission of details pursuant to Condition 13 (Ground Floor Hardscape), Condition 14 (Planting methods and aftercare soft landscaping) and Condition 15 (Details of hard landscaping), on Planning permission 6/2020/3222/MAJ

    Beadles Volkswagen Van Centre Harpsfield Broadway Hatfield AL10 9TF

    Received 13 May 2024
  2. Decided - Granted6/2024/1831/EM

    Replacement of existing brick wall (which is structurally unsafe and in a state of disrepair) with a timber fence

    185 Knightsfield Welwyn Garden City AL8 7QG

    Received 24 Sept 2024
  3. Decided - Granted6/2025/2260/EM

    Erection of a single storey rear infill extension, garage conversion and part first floor rear extension

    43 Blakemere Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7PQ

    Received 23 Oct 2025
  4. Decided - GrantedN6/2007/1365/TP

    WORKS TO TREES IN WOODLAND COVERED BY TPO 318 W1

    HOLY TRINITY SCHOOL, LAND AT CHEQUERSFIELD, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, Hertfordshire, AL7 4TZ

    Received 14 Sept 2007
  5. DecidedN6/2008/1298/TC

    REMOVAL OF SILVER BIRCH

    222 Handside Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6TD

    Received 31 Jul 2008
  6. Decided - GrantedS6/2015/0028/S73B

    Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning application S6/2013/1863/FP to allow for the erection of conservatories to the rear of the new build houses and Walnut Cottage

    Hitchins Group LTD, West End Lane, Hatfield, AL9 6AT

    Received 8 Jan 2015
  7. Decided - Granted6/2023/1410/EM

    Formation of hardstanding

    5 Marley Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4BT

    Received 6 Jul 2023
  8. Decided - Granted6/2021/1484/HOUSE

    Erection of a single storey, part two storey rear extension, alterations to fenestration and removal of existing pitched roof to front porch, to facilitate the erection of a shallower replacement pitched roof

    14 Thistle Grove Welwyn Garden City AL7 4AN

    Received 11 May 2021
  9. Decided - Granted6/2019/2322/HOUSE

    Retention of outbuilding

    8 Thrush Lane Cuffley Potters Bar EN6 4JU

    Received 20 Sept 2019
  10. Decided - Withdrawn6/2018/1710/LAWLB

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed works to listed building to reconstruct lantern light

    Bush Hall Hotel Chequers Mill Green Hatfield AL9 5NT

    Received 26 Jun 2018
  11. Decided - Withdrawn6/2021/3272/EMH

    Installation of hardstanding to front and associated landscaping works.

    19 High Oaks Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7BJ

    Received 17 Nov 2021
  12. Decided - Granted6/2018/1418/EM

    1 x Western Red Cedar to fell to ground level 1 x Lawson Cypress to fell to ground level

    206 Daniells Welwyn Garden City AL7 1QQ

    Received 29 May 2018
  13. Decided - Granted6/2016/1826/EM

    Reduce Willow tree by 30%

    6 High Oaks Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7BH

    Received 5 Sept 2016
  14. Decided - Granted6/2023/1230/HOUSE

    Erection of pitched roof canopy with size increase to replace existing flat roof canopy

    3 Barneswood Digswell Welwyn Hertfordshire AL6 0EU

    Received 12 Jun 2023
  15. Decided - GrantedN6/2013/1719/DS

    Discharge of conditions 3 (materials) and 4 (landscaping) of planning permission N6/2012/1306/FP

    White Hill Stables, Whitehill, Ayot St Peter, Welwyn, AL6 9AF

    Received 1 Aug 2013
  16. Decided - GrantedS6/2009/2203/LU

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR PROPOSED SIDE AND REAR DORMERS

    15 THE MEADWAY, CUFFLEY, POTTERS BAR, HERTFORDSHIRE, EN6 4ET

    Received 6 Oct 2009
  17. Decided - GrantedS6/2008/1403/FP

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY FRONT EXTENSION

    10 HUGGINS LANE, WELHAM GREEN, HATFIELD, HERTFORDSHIRE, AL9 7LR

    Received 12 Aug 2008
  18. Decided - GrantedN6/2014/0401/FP

    Erection of single storey rear extension

    107 Boundary Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4EG

    Received 24 Feb 2014
  19. Decided - GrantedS6/2014/1546/FP

    Erection of front canopy

    15A Roe Green Lane, Hatfield, AL10 0SH

    Received 10 Jul 2014
  20. Decided - Granted6/2019/0859/HOUSE

    Erection of a cantilevered canopy

    20 Hanyards Lane Cuffley Potters Bar EN6 4AT

    Received 9 Apr 2019
  21. Under Consultation6/2026/1710/EMT

    Reduction of trees along border by 33%

    1 Barleycroft Green Welwyn Garden City AL8 6JY

    Received 29 Sept 2026
  22. Decided - GrantedS6/2013/0848/DS

    Discharge of condition 5 (materials) of planning permission S6/2012/2351/FP

    Willow Mead, Vineyards Road, Northaw, POTTERS BAR, EN6 4PG

    Received 29 Apr 2013
  23. Decided - Refused6/2019/1352/EM

    Formation of hardstanding

    85 Valley Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7DR

    Received 3 Jun 2019
  24. Decided - Granted6/2025/1759/COND

    Submission of details pursuant to Condition 1 (Arboricultural Method Statement and Tree Protection Plan), Condition 2 (Site Waste Management Plan) and Condition 3 (Construction Management Plan) on planning permission 6/2025/0215/FULL

    Howlands House Howlands Welwyn Garden City AL7 4SD

    Received 18 Aug 2025

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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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