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Holwell Court Farm Holwell Court Hatfield AL9 5RL

6/2021/2514/MAJMAJOR DEVELOPMENTWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 9 August 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Redevelopment of the existing farmyard and non-designated Heritage Assets to create 6 dwellings (2 x 3-bed, 2 x 4-bed and 2 x 5-bed) and an annexe/holiday let with associated parking, amenity space and biodiversity areas

Received
27 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brookmans Park & Little Heath
  1. Received27 Aug
  2. Validated21 Sep
  3. Consult.27 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Aug

Decided in 322 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Holwell Court Farm Holwell Court Hatfield AL9 5RL. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 2,195 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 347 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Brookmans Park & Little Heath. We hold 278 applications in total for the AL9 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
AL9 5RL
Application type
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Essendon

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 September 2021
Consultation expiry
27 April 2022
Consultation end
27 April 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 4, The Old Granary Strettit Farm Snoll Hatch Road East Peckham TN12 5EE

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
15 December 2021
Site notice end
8 December 2021

Additional information

UPRN
200003857485

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Welwyn Hatfield+1 more
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    13 Mar

    Demolition of existing agricultural barn and erection of a replacement self-build dwellinghouse with…

    PendingFULL PERMISSION6/2026/0463/FULL
  2. 2026
    4 Mar

    Erection of a hay store and a machinery store

    ApprovedFULL PERMISSION6/2026/0400/FULL
  3. 2022
    13 Sep

    Prior approval for a change of use from agricultural building to 3 dwellinghouses

    ApprovedOutline6/2022/2130/PN10
  4. 2022
    12 Feb

    Prior approval for a change of use from agricultural buildings to 5 dwellinghouses

    WithdrawnOutline6/2022/0330/PN10
  5. 2020
    18 Aug

    Prior approval for change of use from agricultural buildings to 5 no. dwellings, with associated landscaping…

    Not DeterminedOutline6/2020/2202/PN10
  6. 2018
    12 Nov

    Erection of a single storey timber framed barn

    ApprovedFULL PERMISSION6/2018/2898/FULL

Source: Welwyn Hatfield

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