Roundhouse Farm, Land Off of Bullens Green Lane, Colney Heath AL4 0FU

6/2020/2248/OUTLINEOUTLINE PERMISSIONRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 2 December 2020

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Outline permission for the erection of up to 100 dwellings, with all matters reserved except access

Received: 2 September 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
Ward: Welham Green & Hatfield South

ReceivedReceived2 Sep
ValidatedValidated2 Sep
Consult.Consultation2 Dec
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided2 Dec

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Roundhouse Farm, Land Off of Bullens Green Lane, Colney Heath AL4 0FU. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Welham Green & Hatfield South. We hold 2,082 applications in total for the AL4 postcode area.

73% of outline 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: AL4 0FU
Application type: OUTLINE PERMISSION
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 100
Parish: North Mymms

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 September 2020
Consultation expiry: 2 December 2020
Consultation end: 2 December 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Woods Hardwick Ltd 15 - 17 Goldington Road Bedford MK40 3NH

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 28 October 2020
Site notice end: 5 November 2020

Appeal history

3265926

Allowed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: InquiryDecision: 14 June 2021Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal

Green Belt

Additional information

UPRN: 200003860528
Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Green belt: Welwyn Hatfield
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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