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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
40,250Searchable applications
321Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 33,746 approved or refused records
4,812Refused applications

28,934 approved · 4,812 refused · 2,213 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Apr 1948 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 6 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 - Granted6/2020/0618/FULL

    Erection of art sculpture

    Land to the East if De Havilland Campus at University of Hertfordshire

    Received 4 Mar 2020
  2. Decided6/2017/2344/TPO

    Fell one Cockspur Thorn tree and lift second Cockspur Thorn tree crown and Whitebeam tree crown to 3m - Conservation Area

    Applecroft Primary School Applecroft Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 6JZ

    Received 12 Oct 2017
  3. Decided - Granted6/2020/2735/EMT

    Fell pine tree

    32 Vine Close Welwyn Garden City AL8 7PS

    Received 20 Oct 2020
  4. Appeal Decided - AllowedS6/2009/1696/FP

    RETENTION OF DECKING IN REAR GARDEN

    5 SWANLEY CRESCENT, POTTERS BAR, HERTFORDSHIRE, EN6 1NQ

    Received 21 Jul 2009
  5. Decided - Granted6/2019/2677/COND

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 2 (structural interventions) on listed building consent 6/2018/2498/LB

    1-5 Park Street Hatfield AL9 5AT

    Received 23 Oct 2019
  6. Decided - GrantedS6/2014/0142/MA

    Erection of single storey extension within internal courtyard

    Essendon Country Club, Bedwell Park, Essendon, Hatfield, AL9 6HN

    Received 17 Jan 2014
  7. Decided - Withdrawn6/2017/1096/EM

    Installation of block paved driveway to front of house to provide off-street parking

    33 Springfields Welwyn Garden City AL8 6XT

    Received 22 May 2017
  8. Decided - GrantedN6/2009/2633/DC3

    INSTALLATION OF WIRELESS AERIAL

    Campus East The Campus Welwyn Garden City AL8 6AE

    Received 3 Dec 2009
  9. Decided - Granted6/2023/0259/HOUSE

    Proposed garage conversion and all associated works

    8 Breaks Road Hatfield AL10 8TR

    Received 2 Feb 2023
  10. Decided - Granted6/2021/2834/HOUSE

    Erection of a single storey rear extension, first floor side extension with front and rear dormers

    38 Upland Drive Hatfield AL9 6PT

    Received 1 Oct 2021
  11. Decided - RefusedW6/2013/2210/EM

    Erection of two storey side and rear extensions and alterations to front and side elevations

    59 Blakemere Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7PQ

    Received 21 Oct 2013
  12. Decided - Granted6/2022/2554/EM

    Erection of a single storey rear extension following demolition of conservatory. Alterations to front garden to facilitate one new car parking space, to include new vehicle crossover.

    33 Thistle Grove Welwyn Garden City AL7 4AD

    Received 8 Nov 2022
  13. Decided - Granted6/2024/1828/HOUSE

    Erection of front porch and replace existing flat roof with mono-pitched roof. Alterations to the fenestration including new windows and doors and infilling garage door with brickwork and new ground floor window within the side elevation

    117 The Ryde Hatfield AL9 5DP

    Received 24 Sept 2024
  14. Decided - GrantedN6/2013/0102/FP

    Erection of single storey side extension

    42 High Oaks Road, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL8 7BS

    Received 16 Jan 2013
  15. Decided - Granted6/2022/0884/LAWP

    Certificate of lawfulness for the erection of an outbuilding

    16 Burleigh Way Cuffley Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 4LG

    Received 13 Apr 2022
  16. Decided - Granted6/2023/0909/EMT

    Replacement of 13m hedge comprises of cotoneaster and two privet plants with solely cotoneaster plants at front of property, as it has become unmanageable and significantly overhangs

    56 Broadwater Crescent Welwyn Garden City AL7 3TU

    Received 27 Apr 2023
  17. Decided - Refused6/2016/1830/LAWP

    Certificate of lawfulness for the erection of a shed

    9 Buttercup Close Hatfield AL10 9FH

    Received 5 Sept 2016
  18. Decided - GrantedS6/2009/0152/LU

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR A PROPOSED REAR DORMER

    17 Great North Road Brookmans Park Hatfield AL9 6LB

    Received 28 Jan 2009
  19. Decided6/2026/1594/TC

    Fell large Conifer

    34 Fordwich Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 6EY

    Received 14 Sept 2026
  20. Decided - Granted6/2021/0105/COND

    Submission of details pursuant to conditions 1 (Construction Management Statement), 3 (provision of external material samples) and 4 (accessible housing) on planning permission 6/2020/1067/MAJ

    Accord House 28 Bridge Road East Welwyn Garden City AL7 1HX

    Received 13 Jan 2021
  21. Decided - Granted6/2025/0420/COND

    Submission of details pursuant of condition 1 (construction management plan),2 (landscape and ecological management plan) and 3 (tree protection plan and arboricultural method statement) on planning permission 6/2022/0012/FULL

    Garages and Former Allotment Site Haseldine Meadows Hatfield AL10 8HB

    Received 6 Mar 2025
  22. Decided - Granted6/2021/0621/TPO

    Oak (T3) lift the lower branches to 6m and remove lowest overhanging limb

    1 Oak Piece Welwyn AL6 0XE

    Received 25 Feb 2021
  23. Decided - Granted6/2021/1281/COND

    Submission of details pursuant to condition number 5 (drainage scheme) on planning permission 6/2019/2430/MAJ.

    1 and 1a and 3-9 Town Centre Hatfield AL10 0JZ

    Received 21 Apr 2021
  24. Decided - GrantedN6/2005/1268/FP

    INSTALLATION OF CCTV CAMERA, MOUNTED ON 6M COLUMN

    LAND ADJACENT TO, 62-64 HOWARDSGATE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, HERTFORDSHIRE, AL8 6BP

    Received 6 Oct 2005

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What these statistics cover

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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