Digswell Place, Northwood Lodge Rectory Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7SU
Proposal
Prior approval for the erection of a single storey extension measuring 8m in depth, 3.1m to the eaves and 3.5 in height
- Received
- 10 December 2024
- Decided
- 23 January 2025 · Refused
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Sherrards
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- ReceivedReceived10 Dec
- ValidatedValidated12 Dec
- Consult.Consultation11 Jan
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided23 Jan
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
This is an outline application for an extension at Digswell Place, Northwood Lodge Rectory Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7SU. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 516 applications of this type and approves 70% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 44 days, 11 days quicker than Welwyn Hatfield's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 137 applications across Sherrards. We hold 1,375 applications in total for the AL8 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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- Green belt: Welwyn Hatfield
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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