Land South of King George V Playing Fields Northaw Road East Cuffley EN6 4RD Data via plota.co.uk

6/2026/1752/OUTLINE - OUTLINE PERMISSION Under Consultation

Proposal

Outline planning application (with all matters other than primary access reserved) for up to 200 dwellings, including public open space, landscaping, surface water drainage, and associated infrastructure, with means of primary vehicular access from Northaw Road East Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 02:07

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Application progress

✓

Received

1 Oct 2026

✓

Validated

6 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 5 Jan 2027

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 1 Dec 2026 and 30 Dec 2026, from recent outline applications across the UK.

Comments are open until 4 Nov 2026

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Documents 100

Statements & assessments 33

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Document · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF 2526-A-1000-PL-A (LOCATION PLAN).pdf (0 kb) Document · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 2526-C-1005-PL-A SITE LAYOUT.pdf (0 kb) Document · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 250010-R04-Residential Travel Plan-FINAL.pdf (0 kb) Document · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 19

PDF Comments(17).pdf (0 kb) Document · 22 Oct 2026 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Document · 22 Oct 2026 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Document · 15 Oct 2026 View ↗

PDF Comments-Redacted(2).pdf (0 kb) Document · 15 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF LPA Reference_ 6_2026_1752_OUTLINE Standing Advice Response.pdf (0 kb) Document · 13 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Comments for planning application 6 2026 1752 OUTLINE.pdf (0 kb) Document · 10 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Comments-Redacted.pdf (0 kb) Document · 10 Oct 2026 View ↗

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 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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) agrees.

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

Checked on 9 October 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

Council: Welwyn Hatfield
Application type: OUTLINE PERMISSION
Postcode: EN6 4RD
Received: 1 Oct 2026
Validated: 6 Oct 2026
Parish: Northaw and Cuffley
Case officer: Show
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 22 of the 91-day target. Councils usually decide outline applications by day 67.

prediction

Day 2269 days to the 91-day target

42%decided within 8 weeks

59%approved

12%go to committee

Plota live figures for outline applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent outline applications in Welwyn Hatfield to go on. Welwyn Hatfield decision record →

Public comments

18comments received

3 objecting15 neutral

17% object · below the UK average of 74%

111 neighbours consulted · Last counted 23 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 4 Nov 2026

Historical activity at this location

12 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved

Northaw And Cuffley Bowling Club Northaw Road East Cuffley Potters Bar EN6 4RD

Erection of canopy over paving area at club entrance

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2025

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2025

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Application to modify S106 agreement dated 31 March 2022 in relation to planning applicat…

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2020 Withdrawn

Wells Farm, Northaw Road East, Cuffley, Potters Bar, Herts. EN6 4RD

Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 14 dwellings

6/2020/3451/MAJ 12 Sep 2024

2020 Withdrawn

Wells Farm, Northaw Road East, Cuffley, Potters Bar, Herts. EN6 4RD

Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 14 dwellings

6/2020/3451/MAJ 12 Sep 2024

2023 Approved

Land to the north east of King George V playing field, Northaw Road East Cuffley Potters Bar EN6 4RD

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2023 Approved

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2023 Refused

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2022 Approved

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2022 Approved

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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

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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

Land South of King George V Playing Fields Northaw Road East Cuffley EN6 4RD Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 100

Statements & assessments 33

Plans & drawings 3

Consultation & comments 19

Other documents 45

Site constraints 2

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