Land between The Manor House and Whitehall Field Cottage Essendon Hill Essendon AL9 6AJ Data via plota.co.uk

6/2025/0825/COND - APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Submission of details pursuant to condition number 2 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation), on planning permission Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
30 Apr 2025
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Approved
7 Jul 2025

Approved on 7 Jul 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 20 Oct 2026

Documents 6

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Conditions Response Letter_620250825COND.pdf (97 kb) Document · 7 Jul 2025 View ↗

Other documents 5

PDF 6-25-0825-2.pdf (75 kb) Document · 2 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF MA_415_ Land between The Manor House and Whitehall Field Cottage - Archaeological Evaluation Report VERSION 2.0.pdf (7479 kb) Document · 23 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF 6-25-0825-1.pdf (101 kb) Document · 9 May 2025 View ↗ PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf (215 kb) Document · 30 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF MA_415_ Land between The Manor House and Whitehall Field Cottage - Archaeological Evaluation Report.pdf (3898 kb) Document · 30 Apr 2025 View ↗

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Associated applications 4

Site constraints 5

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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Essendon conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
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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.
Also on the record
3 listed buildings within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION
Postcode
AL9 6AJ
Received
30 Apr 2025
Validated
30 Apr 2025
Parish
Essendon
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted
Decision date
7 Jul 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
12 Jul 2025

Historical activity at this location

20 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Submission of details pursuant to Condition 1(Construction Environmental Management), Con…
6/2024/1102/COND
2024 Approved
Submission of details pursuant of condition 2 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investiga…
6/2024/0889/COND
2023 Approved
Variation of condition 19 (Approved Plans and Details) and associated conditions 5 (Highw…
6/2023/0987/VAR
2023 Approved
Variation of condition 19 (Approved Plans and Details) and associated conditions 5 (Highw…
6/2023/0987/VAR
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Flint Cottage Essendon Hill Essendon Hatfield AL9 6AJ
Submission of details pursuant to Condition 1 (hard & soft landscape works), Condition 2…
6/2025/0714/COND
2025 Approved
Flint Cottage Essendon Hill Essendon Hatfield AL9 6AJ
Submission of details pursuant to Condition 1 (hard & soft landscape works), Condition 2…
6/2025/0714/COND
2025 Approved
Land between The Manor House and Witehall Field Cottage Essendon Hill Essendon AL9 6AJ
Variation of condition 1 (Construction Environmental Management Plan), 3 (External materi…
6/2025/0435/VAR
2025 Approved
Land between The Manor House and Witehall Field Cottage Essendon Hill Essendon AL9 6AJ
Variation of condition 1 (Construction Environmental Management Plan), 3 (External materi…
6/2025/0435/VAR
2023 Approved
Land associated with Flint Cottage Essendon Hill Essendon Hertfordshire AL9 6AJ
Erection of a detached one-and-a-half storey dwelling with associated landscaping and sit…
6/2023/2242/FULL
2023 Approved
Land associated with Flint Cottage Essendon Hill Essendon Hertfordshire AL9 6AJ
Erection of a detached one-and-a-half storey dwelling with associated landscaping and sit…
6/2023/2242/FULL
2023 Approved
Land between The Manor House and Whitehall Field Cottage Essendon Hill Essendon Hatfield AL9 6AJ
Variation of conditions 5 (Highways), 6 (Landscape and ecology management plan), 7 (Vehic…
6/2023/0994/VAR
2023 Approved
Land between The Manor House and Whitehall Field Cottage Essendon Hill Essendon Hatfield AL9 6AJ
Variation of conditions 5 (Highways), 6 (Landscape and ecology management plan), 7 (Vehic…
6/2023/0994/VAR
2021 Approved
Land between The Manor House and Whitehall Field Cottage Essendon Hill Essendon Hertfordshire AL9 6AJ
Erection of 4 dwellings (Use Class C3) with associated access, parking, landscaping and s…
6/2021/3290/FULL
2021 Approved
Land between The Manor House and Whitehall Field Cottage Essendon Hill Essendon Hertfordshire AL9 6AJ
Erection of 4 dwellings (Use Class C3) with associated access, parking, landscaping and s…
6/2021/3290/FULL
2016 Approved
The Manor House, Essendon Hill, Essendon, Hatfield, AL9 6AJ
Approval of details reserved by condition 3 (french doors) on consent S6/2014/2668/LB
6/2016/0358/COND
2016 Approved
The Manor House, Essendon Hill, Essendon, Hatfield, AL9 6AJ
Approval of details reserved by condition 3 (details of windows and doors) on planning ap…
6/2016/0356/COND
2016 Approved
The Manor House, Essendon Hill, Essendon, Hatfield, AL9 6AJ
Approval of details reserved by condition 3 (french doors) on consent S6/2014/2668/LB
6/2016/0358/COND
2016 Approved
The Manor House, Essendon Hill, Essendon, Hatfield, AL9 6AJ
Approval of details reserved by condition 3 (details of windows and doors) on planning ap…
6/2016/0356/COND
2016 Approved
The Manor House, Essendon Hill, Essendon, Hatfield, AL9 6AJ
Reconditioning of metal-framed windows on the ground floor, replacement of sills and bott…
6/2016/0794/LB
2016 Approved
The Manor House, Essendon Hill, Essendon, Hatfield, AL9 6AJ
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings