Land adjacent to 51 Great North Road Stanborough AL8 7TJ Data via plota.co.uk

6/2025/0654/FULL - FULL PERMISSION Approved

Proposal

Redevelopment of the site to include the erection of a dwelling with associated access, parking and landscaping, following the demolition of the existing stables Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Apr 2025
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Approved
1 Jul 2025

Approved on 1 Jul 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 20 Oct 2026

Documents 18

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice_620250654FULL.pdf (716 kb) Document · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Delegated Report_620250654FULL(1).pdf (271 kb) Document · 1 Jul 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 3

PDF Planning Statement.pdf (539 kb) Document · 4 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF Transport Technical Note.pdf (5024 kb) Document · 4 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF Arb Impact Assessment.pdf (4681 kb) Document · 4 Apr 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 3

PDF Consultation land adjacent to 51 Great North Road Stanborough.docx (21 kb) Document · 25 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF Response_6-2025-0654-FULL.pdf (87 kb) Document · 24 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF EA Response - 138049.pdf (133 kb) Document · 7 Apr 2025 View ↗

Other documents 10

PDF 6-2025-0654-FULL Rsp1 det w cond SR_Redacted.pdf (324 kb) Document · 10 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Site Notice_620250654FULL.pdf (120 kb) Document · 8 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf (447 kb) Document · 4 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF 559-156-A.pdf (415 kb) Document · 4 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF 559-158.pdf (274 kb) Document · 4 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF 559-03.pdf (271 kb) Document · 4 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF 559-155-B.pdf (306 kb) Document · 4 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF 559-157-A.pdf (283 kb) Document · 4 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF PEA_Redacted.pdf (1156 kb) Document · 4 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF Tree Protection Scheme.pdf (3284 kb) Document · 4 Apr 2025 View ↗

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Associated applications 2

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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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. 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Flood defence 17 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood); Priority habitat 23 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 22 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
FULL PERMISSION
Postcode
AL8 7TJ
Received
4 Apr 2025
Validated
4 Apr 2025
Parish
Hatfield
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted
Decision date
1 Jul 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
DLA Town Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 88 days from validation, 5 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 →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
1 May 2025

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Variation of Condition 3 (Technical highways plans) and Condition 15 (approved plans) on…
6/2025/2017/VAR
2025 Approved
Variation of Condition 3 (Technical highways plans) and Condition 15 (approved plans) on…
6/2025/2017/VAR
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Verge in highway on Great North Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TJ
Construction and operation of a micro energy storage system with associated plinth and fe…
6/2025/1893/FULL
2025 Approved
Verge in highway on Great North Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TJ
Construction and operation of a micro energy storage system with associated plinth and fe…
6/2025/1893/FULL
2025 Approved
32 Great North Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TJ
Certificate of lawfulness for use of the property as sui-generis comprising Use Class C3…
6/2025/0650/LAWP
2025 Approved
32 Great North Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TJ
Certificate of lawfulness for use of the property as sui-generis comprising Use Class C3…
6/2025/0650/LAWP
2022 Approved
36 Great North Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TJ
Erection of rear extension and associated landscape works
6/2022/0936/HOUSE
2022 Approved
36 Great North Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TJ
Erection of rear extension and associated landscape works
6/2022/0936/HOUSE
2021 Approved
40 Great North Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TJ
Erection of two storey side extension with a single storey front garage.
6/2021/1215/HOUSE
2021 Approved
40 Great North Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TJ
Erection of two storey side extension with a single storey front garage.
6/2021/1215/HOUSE
2021 Approved
39 Great North Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TJ
Erection of a single storey side/rear extension, part two storey rear extension and walle…
6/2021/0115/HOUSE
2021 Approved
39 Great North Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TJ
Erection of a single storey side/rear extension, part two storey rear extension and walle…
6/2021/0115/HOUSE
2021 Approved
39 Great North Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TJ
Certificate of lawfulness for loft conversion with 2 x side facing dormers, insertion of…
6/2021/0116/LAWP
2021 Approved
39 Great North Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TJ
Certificate of lawfulness for loft conversion with 2 x side facing dormers, insertion of…
6/2021/0116/LAWP
2018 Approved
39 Great North Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TJ
Erection of a single storey side and rear extension with rear patio area and garden wall
6/2018/3100/HOUSE
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings