2 Lemsford Village Lemsford Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TN Data via plota.co.uk

6/2026/0934/HOUSE - HOUSEHOLDER APPLICATION Approved

Proposal

Erection of a single storey front porch extension Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
28 May 2026
Approved
21 Jul 2026

Approved on 21 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Site constraints 7

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.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Registered park or garden 87 m away: Brocket Hall
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
5 listed buildings within 150 m; Priority habitat 6 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Welwyn Garden City built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, 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
HOUSEHOLDER APPLICATION
Postcode
AL8 7TN
Received
28 May 2026
Validated
28 May 2026
Parish
Hatfield
Case officer
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Decision
Granted
Decision date
21 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 87% of extensions here are.

68%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
636decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
27 Jun 2026
Welwyn Hatfield
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#272 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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