Phases 2, 3 and 4 Land at Hollybush Lane to the east of A1000 and north of Ascots Lane Welwyn Garden City AL7 4EG Data via plota.co.uk

6/2025/1024/RM - RESERVED MATTERS Approved

Proposal

Reserved Matters application for Phases 2, 3 and 4 with details of layout, scale, appearance, and landscaping for the construction of 243 dwellings (including affordable housing); a civic square; 270 sqm of E/F2 space; public open and amenity space; associated landscaping and ecological enhancements; internal highways, parking, footpaths, cycleways, drainage, utilities and service infrastructure, including additional information to satisfy conditions 1(b), 40, 44, 45, 48, 50 and 52 pursuant to outline planning permission reference at land at Hollybush Lane, to the east of A1000 and north of Ascots Lane, Creswick, Welwyn Garden City. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

30 May 2025

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Approved

31 Jul 2026

Approved on 31 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Documents 610

Decision & officer reports 2

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Statements & assessments 37

Plans & drawings 265

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PDF 10650-PH2-3258-P2 Swale Layout and Details - Sheet 3.pdf (0 kb) Document · 6 May 2026 View ↗ PDF 8930_P101_P7_Proposed Site Layout.pdf (0 kb) Document · 6 May 2026 View ↗ PDF 8930_P104_P8_Information Site Layout_3of3.pdf (0 kb) Document · 6 May 2026 View ↗ PDF B22013.213E Phase 2 to 4 - Boundary treatments and Artifacts Plan.pdf (0 kb) Document · 24 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF 10650-PH2-3258-P5 Exceedance Plan - Sheet 1.pdf (0 kb) Document · 24 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF 10650-PH2-3259-P5 Exceedance Plan - Sheet 2.pdf (0 kb) Document · 24 Feb 2026 View ↗

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Consultation & comments 41

Other documents 265

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Associated applications 10

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Full25 Jun 2024council archive

Conditions details submitted for 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 37
- Reserved mattersReserved Matters application for Phases 2, 3 and 4 with details of layout, scale, appearance…This application30 May 20256/2025/1024/RM
  Conditions details submitted for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
  - ConditionsSubmission of details pursuant to condition numbers 1 (Construction Environmental Management…1 Sep 20266/2026/1527/COND
  - ConditionsSubmission of details pursuant to condition numbers 5 (surface water drainage scheme), 6…1 Sep 20266/2026/1528/COND
- Show 6 more · 5 approved, 1 decided
  - ConditionsSubmission of details pursuant of Condition 22 (Off Site Highway Improvements), Condition 27…8 Dec 20256/2025/2538/COND
  - ConditionsSubmission of details pursuant to Condition 37 (Landscape Phasing)3 Dec 20256/2025/2511/COND
  - ConditionsSubmission of details pursuant to condition 26 (Landscape Management Plan)26 Nov 20256/2025/2472/COND
  - ConditionsSubmission of details pursuant to Condition 28 (verification report)15 Oct 20256/2025/2149/COND
  - ConditionsSubmission of details pursuant to condition 31 (Arrangements for future management…8 Oct 20256/2025/2148/COND
  - ConditionsSubmission of details pursuant to condition number 25 (Ecological Management Plan)8 Oct 20256/2025/2150/COND

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

Checked on 19 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: RESERVED MATTERS
Postcode: AL7 4EG
Received: 30 May 2025
Validated: 30 May 2025
Parish: Hatfield
Case officer: Show
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 31 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 427 days from validation, 335 days slower than Welwyn Hatfield's median of 92 for reserved matters. Approved, as 96% of reserved matters here are.

This one427d

Council92d

UK92d

27%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

12%go to committee

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

Public comments

22comments received

1,167 neighbours consulted · Last counted 19 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 28 May 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2024 Refused

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2024 Approved

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2023 Approved

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2023 Approved

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Formation of hardstanding on garden frontage

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Erection of single storey rear extension, following demolition of existing rear extension

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Amendment of driveway to add additional concrete block paving

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Fell 14 x Leylandi trees, 1 x Hawthorn tree and 1 x Ash tree

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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

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