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Roebuck Farm Lemsford Village Lemsford AL8 7TW

6/2022/1107/OUTLINEOUTLINE PERMISSIONRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 23 November 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Outline Application for the development of up to 33 dwellings (Use Class C3) together with all ancillary works (all matters reserved except access) at land at Roebuck Farm, Lemsford Village

Received
12 May 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hatfield Villages
  1. Received12 May
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.15 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 195 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Roebuck Farm Lemsford Village Lemsford AL8 7TW. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 195 days, 20 weeks longer than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Hatfield Villages. We hold 1,408 applications in total for the AL8 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
AL8 7TW
Application type
OUTLINE PERMISSION
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
33
Parish
Hatfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2022
Consultation expiry
15 October 2022
Consultation end
15 October 2022
Decision issued
24 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Matthew Murray House Unit 9 First 97 Water Lane Holbeck Leeds LS11 5QN

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
29 June 2022
Site notice end
11 July 2022

Appeal history

3316025
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 10 August 2023Dev Type: UnknownReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

UPRN
10007553253
Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Green belt: Welwyn Hatfield
  • Registered park and garden: Brocket Hall

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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Welwyn Hatfield

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