Land at Hollybush Lane to the east of A1000 and north of Ascots Lane Welwyn Garden City AL7 4EG Data via plota.co.uk

6/2026/1528/COND - APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION Under Consideration

Proposal

Submission of details pursuant to condition numbers 5 (surface water drainage scheme), 6 (contamination remediation strategy), 7 (contamination monitoring and maintenance plan), 8 (ground investigation), 9 (borehole management scheme), 10 (ecological enhancements) on planning permission Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
1 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 27 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 27 Oct 2026.

The consultation period closed on 5 Oct 2026.

Documents 28

Statements & assessments 17

PDF 13112-ph2-251 t2 [2026-05-15] drainage layout sht 2 of 5.pdf (2155 kb) Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 13112-ph2-252 t3 [2026-07-13] drainage layout sht 3 of 5.pdf (1475 kb) Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 13112-ph2-254 t3 [2026-07-13] drainage layout sht 5 of 5.pdf (1360 kb) Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 13112-ph2-260 t1 [2026-05-07] drainage construction details sht 1 of 3.pdf (577 kb) Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 13112-ph2-266 t2 [2026-05-15] drainage manhole schedules sht 1 of 2.pdf (246 kb) Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 13112-ph2-267 t1 [2026-05-07] drainage manhole schedules sht 2 of 2.pdf (307 kb) Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 13112-ph2-250 t2 [2026-05-15] drainage layout sht 1 of 5.pdf (1494 kb) Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 13112-ph2-253 t3 [2026-07-16] drainage layout sht 4 of 5.pdf (1889 kb) Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 13112-ph2-261 t1 [2026-05-07] drainage construction details sht 2 of 3.pdf (615 kb) Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 13112-ph2-264 t1 [2026-05-07] drainage longitudinal sections sht 1 of 2.pdf (336 kb) Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 13112-ph2-265 t2 [2026-05-19] drainage longitudinal sections sht 2 of 2.pdf (215 kb) Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 13112-ph2-262 t2 [2026-07-16] drainage construction details sht 3 of 3.pdf (368 kb) Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF rma_ecological_enhancement_strategy_creswick_issue 1.pdf (15705 kb) Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 10650-004f phase 2-4 rma drainage technical note with appendices-1-13.pdf (943 kb) Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 10650-004f phase 2-4 rma drainage technical note with appendices-14-23.pdf (25795 kb) Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 10650-004f phase 2-4 rma drainage technical note with appendices-24-79.pdf (1144 kb) Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 10650-004f phase 2-4 rma drainage technical note with appendices-80-87.pdf (26042 kb) Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 2

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Application type
APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION
Postcode
AL7 4EG
Received
1 Sept 2026
Validated
1 Sept 2026
Parish
Hatfield
Case officer
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Decision level
Delegated
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Public comments

2comments received

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 6 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
5 Oct 2026
Welwyn Hatfield
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#272 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Welwyn Hatfield is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #224 out of 296. 50% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (86%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Welwyn Hatfield decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #200 of 296
86%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #246 of 296
53%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #224 of 296
50%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #229 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
63 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
73%
Change of use approved
22 decided
633
Total decisions
87 refused in the year to March 2026