St Andrews Care Home Great North Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7SR Data via plota.co.uk

6/2026/1521/PN24 - Solar Panels/PV - PRIOR APPROVAL Under Consideration

Proposal

Erection of 287 solar panels on the south, east and west facing roof slopes of the care home covering an array total area of 560 sqm Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 02:07

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Application progress

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Received

1 Sept 2026

Decision

Target date was 27 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 14 Oct 2026; it is now day 58.

The consultation period closed on 14 Oct 2026.

Documents 14

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. 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 2

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. A site survey can differ.

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.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Registered park or garden 105 m away: Brocket Hall; Radon affected area, class 2; Local nature reserve 445 m away: Sherrardspark Wood; SSSI 445 m away: Sherrardspark Wood SSSI.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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: Solar Panels/PV - PRIOR APPROVAL
Postcode: AL8 7SR
Received: 1 Sept 2026
Validated: 1 Sept 2026
Case officer: Show
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 58, past the statutory target. 98% of prior approvals in Welwyn Hatfield are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 1 Dec 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 22 Oct 2026.

predicted

Day 582 days past the 56-day target

94%decided within 8 weeks

73%approved

52decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 14 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Withdrawn

Erection of single storey attached extension on the south side of the existing care home…

6/2023/1353/FULL 8 Apr 2024

2023 Withdrawn

Erection of single storey attached extension on the south side of the existing care home…

6/2023/1353/FULL 8 Apr 2024

2024 Approved

Erection of a two storey 6-bed rear extension, single storey 4-bed side extension and par…

6/2024/0160/FULL 5 Apr 2024

2021 Approved

Erection of a detached single storey isolation admissions building consisting of four bed…

6/2021/0249/FULL 16 Apr 2021

2021 Approved

Erection of a detached single storey isolation admissions building consisting of four bed…

6/2021/0249/FULL 16 Apr 2021

2020 Approved

Erection of two storey rear extension to care home to create two specialist dementia unit…

6/2020/1249/FULL 30 Jul 2020

2020 Approved

Erection of two storey rear extension to care home to create two specialist dementia unit…

6/2020/1249/FULL 30 Jul 2020

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Approved

Orchard Cottage Great North Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7SR

Certificate of Lawfulness for existing garage conversion including replacement of garage…

6/2017/0972/LAWE 3 Jul 2017

2017 Refused

Orchard Cottage Great North Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7SR

Certificate of lawfulness for existing extension of garage conversion replacement of gara…

6/2017/0385/LAWE 27 Apr 2017

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