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Phases 2, 3 and 4 Land at Hollybush Lane to the east of A1000 and north of Ascots Lane Welwyn Garden City AL7 4EG

6/2025/1024/RMRESERVED MATTERSApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 31 July 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)32 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reserved Matters application for Phases 2, 3 and 4 with details of layout, scale, appearance, and landscaping for the construction of 243 dwellings (including affordable housing); a civic square; 270 sqm of Class E/F2 space; public open and amenity space; associated landscaping and ecological enhancements; internal highways, parking, footpaths, cycleways, drainage, utilities and service infrastructure, including additional information to satisfy conditions 1(b), 40, 44, 45, 48, 50 and 52 pursuant to outline planning permission reference 6/2022/1375/MAJ at land at Hollybush Lane, to the east of A1000 and north of Ascots Lane, Creswick, Welwyn Garden City.

Received
30 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hatfield East Hollybush
  1. Received30 May
  2. Validated30 May
  3. Consult.7 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 427 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Phases 2, 3 and 4 Land at Hollybush Lane to the east of A1000 and north of Ascots Lane Welwyn Garden City AL7 4EG. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 427 days, 53 weeks longer than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Hatfield East Hollybush. We hold 714 applications in total for the AL7 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
AL7 4EG
Application type
RESERVED MATTERS
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
243
Parish
Hatfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 May 2025
Consultation expiry
7 March 2026
Consultation end
7 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
11-13 Penhill Road Pontcanna Cardiff CF11 9PQ

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
23 July 2025
Site notice end
6 August 2025

Additional information

UPRN
100080972159
Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    1 Sep

    Submission of details pursuant to condition numbers 1 (Construction Environmental Management Plan), 2…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions6/2026/1527/COND
  2. 2026
    1 Sep

    Submission of details pursuant to condition numbers 5 (surface water drainage scheme), 6 (contamination…

    PendingDischarge of conditions6/2026/1528/COND
  3. 2025
    30 May

    Reserved Matters application for Phases 2, 3 and 4 with details of layout, scale, appearance, and landscaping…

    This applicationApprovedReserved matters6/2025/1024/RM

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