291 Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NH
Proposal
Change of use from amenity land to residential land
- Received
- 5 October 2015
- Decided
- 30 November 2015 · Refused
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Sherrards
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- ReceivedReceived5 Oct
- ValidatedValidated5 Oct
- Consult.Consultation12 Nov
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided30 Nov
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 291 Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NH. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 2,195 applications of this type and approves 81% of them, typically deciding them in 63 days. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than Welwyn Hatfield's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 137 applications across Sherrards. We hold 1,375 applications in total for the AL8 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Welwyn HatfieldPart of the site
- SSSI: Sherrardspark Wood SSSIPart of the site
- Ancient woodland: Sherrardspark WoodsPart of the site
- Local nature reserve: Sherrardspark WoodPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (18)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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