Tesco Heart Building Car Park Shire Park Welwyn Garden City AL7 1TW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Installation of one padel tennis court as an additional ancillary sporting and recreational facility to the Tesco office headquarters, together with associated floodlighting, and hard landscaping works. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 19 Oct 2026 and 21 Nov 2026, from Welwyn Hatfield's recent full applications. Comments are open until 15 Sept 2026.
Comment on this application ↗Documents 11
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 6
Other documents 4
Site constraints 1
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Important details
- Council
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Application type
- FULL PERMISSION
- Postcode
- AL7 1TW
- Received
- 19 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 20 Aug 2026
- Case officer
- Show
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
Decision outlook
Day 25 of the 56-day target. Welwyn Hatfield usually decides full applications by day 70.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Welwyn Hatfield in the last twelve months, from validation. Welwyn Hatfield decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 15 Sept 2026
Historical activity at this location
19 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
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