Progress House, Shire Park, The Boulevard, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1GB
Approved on 17 May 2016
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of extension at the rear of the building, to provide additional space to the existing restaurant, including a fenced plant enclosure
- Received
- 22 February 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Haldens
- ReceivedReceived22 Feb
- ValidatedValidated22 Feb
- Consult.Consultation24 Mar
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided17 May
Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at Progress House, Shire Park, The Boulevard, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1GB. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 2,195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Haldens. We hold 714 applications in total for the AL7 postcode area.
83% of full applications at Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- AL7 1GB
- Application type
- FULL PERMISSION
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 February 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 30 March 2016
- Consultation end
- 24 March 2016
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 March 2016
- Decision issued
- 18 May 2016
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Glass House 5 Sclater Street London E1 6JY
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 30 March 2016
Additional information
- UPRN
- 200003856906
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (22)
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Associated applications
- 20164 Jul
Approval of details reserved by condition 2 (materials) and condition 3 (noise) on planning permission…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions6/2016/1365/COND - 201622 Feb
Erection of extension at the rear of the building, to provide additional space to the existing restaurant…
This applicationApprovedFull6/2016/0286/FULL
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Welwyn Hatfield
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