Land adjacent to 42 Lemsford Village Lemsford Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TR Data via plota.co.uk

6/2025/1228/FULL - FULL PERMISSION Approved

Proposal

Construction of two new semi-detached dwellings with associated parking Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Jun 2025
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Validated
19 Jun 2025
✓
Approved
2 Dec 2025

Approved on 2 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Documents 56

Other documents 18

PDF 6-2025-1228-FULL Rsp 2.pdf (0 kb) Document · 21 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF ASHP MCS 020 Calculation.pdf (0 kb) Document · 19 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Ecodan PUZ-WM60VAA Monobloc Air Source Heat Pump Product Information Sheet.pdf (0 kb) Document · 4 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 6-2025-1228-FULL Rsp 1.pdf (0 kb) Document · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Site Notice_620251228FULL.pdf (0 kb) Document · 2 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Drwg W402-2 Street Scene(1)_Redacted.pdf (0 kb) Document · 19 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Drwg W403-3 Axonometric Buff(1)_Redacted.pdf (0 kb) Document · 19 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Technical Report Summary - Part 1 of 2_Redacted.pdf (0 kb) Document · 18 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Technical Report Summary - Part 2 of 2_Redacted.pdf (0 kb) Document · 18 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF BRD4370-OR1-A Lemsford SI_Part1of4_Redacted.pdf (0 kb) Document · 18 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF BRD4370-OR1-A Lemsford SI_Part4of4_Redacted.pdf (0 kb) Document · 18 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf (0 kb) Document · 17 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Drwg 19414-LEMS-5-100 Site Access.pdf (0 kb) Document · 17 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Drwg 19414-LEMS-5-101 Large Car Tracking.pdf (0 kb) Document · 17 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Post Intervention Habitat Map.pdf (0 kb) Document · 17 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Geo Environmental Site Investigation Part 2 of 4.pdf (0 kb) Document · 17 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Geo Environmental Site Investigation Part 3 of 4.pdf (0 kb) Document · 17 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Baseline Habitat Map.pdf (0 kb) Document · 17 Jun 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 8

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Registered park or garden 28 m away: Brocket Hall
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
4 listed buildings within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Welwyn Garden City built-up area; Priority habitat 9 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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

Application type
FULL PERMISSION
Postcode
AL8 7TR
Received
17 Jun 2025
Validated
19 Jun 2025
Parish
Hatfield
Case officer
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Decision
Not determined as appeal against non-determination
Decision date
2 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 166 days from validation, 83 days slower than Welwyn Hatfield's median of 83 for full applications. Approved, as 77% of full applications here are.

30%decided within 8 weeks
77%approved
126decided in the last year

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

Public comments

8comments received

7 neighbours consulted · Last counted 19 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
25 Aug 2025
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