Bell Bar Service Station Great North Road Bell Bar AL9 6DA Data via plota.co.uk

6/2025/2365/ADV - ADVERT CONSENT Approved

Proposal

Installation of a freestanding LED D6 advertising display Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
10 Nov 2025
Approved
5 Jan 2026

Approved on 5 Jan 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

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.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Brookmans Park built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
ADVERT CONSENT
Postcode
AL9 6DA
Received
10 Nov 2025
Validated
10 Nov 2025
Parish
North Mymms
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted
Decision date
5 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 92% of signs and adverts here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
25decided in the last year

Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Welwyn Hatfield in the last twelve months, from validation. Welwyn Hatfield decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
24 Dec 2025
Welwyn Hatfield
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#272 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

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