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Cromer Hyde Cromer Hyde Farm Marford Road Lemsford Welwyn Garden City AL8 7XD

6/2022/2371/FULLFULL PERMISSIONRefused
Full

Refused on 24 February 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of land to equestrian, incorporating the erection of an equestrian stable building, horse walker and siting of a portacabin (retrospective)

Received
12 October 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hatfield Villages
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.14 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 134 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Cromer Hyde Cromer Hyde Farm Marford Road Lemsford Welwyn Garden City AL8 7XD. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 2,195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 135 days, 11 weeks longer than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications 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.

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
AL8 7XD
Application type
FULL PERMISSION
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hatfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2022
Consultation expiry
14 December 2022
Consultation end
14 December 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bidwell House Trumpington Road Cambridge CB2 9LD

Publicity

Site notice end
6 December 2022

Appeal history

3328201
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 1 July 2024Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

UPRN
200001633137
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.

  • 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.

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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