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Community Building Lockleys Drive Welwyn AL6 9NT

6/2025/0600/FULLFULL PERMISSIONApproved
Full

Approved on 22 May 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)16 conditions

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Proposal

Erection of a new Community Centre and two-storey detached dwelling with associated hard and soft landscaping following the demolition of the existing Community Centre and public toilet block

Received
28 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Welwyn West
  1. Received28 Mar
  2. Validated4 Apr
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 413 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Community Building Lockleys Drive Welwyn AL6 9NT. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 2,195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 420 days, 52 weeks longer than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. The site is in the Welwyn conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Welwyn West. We hold 969 applications in total for the AL6 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
AL6 9NT
Application type
FULL PERMISSION
Parish
Welwyn

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 April 2025
Consultation expiry
10 April 2026
Consultation end
10 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
33 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1LA

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
5 June 2025
Site notice end
18 June 2025

Additional information

UPRN
100081156205

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: WelwynPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: The VineyardOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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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© 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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