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13 Lodge Drive Hatfield AL9 5HL

6/2025/1858/HOUSEHOUSEHOLDER APPLICATIONRefused
Householder

Refused on 7 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a first-floor side extension, part single/part two-storey rear extension, and a single-storey front extension and alterations to fenestration.

Received
1 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hatfield East
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.1 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 13 Lodge Drive Hatfield AL9 5HL. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 2,195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Hatfield East. We hold 277 applications in total for the AL9 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed extensions, by reason of their size, siting and appearance, would result in prominent features that would not sufficiently reflect or be subservient to the existing dwelling, its surroundings or the local distinctiveness of the area. The proposal would therefore result in harm to the established design and layout of the dwellings in this area and overdevelopment of the application site. Accordingly, the proposed extensions represent a poor standard of design and would be contrary to Policies SP1 and SP9 of the Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council Local Plan 2016-2036 (Adopted October 2023), the Supplementary Design Guidance (Adopted February 2005) and the National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024).
  2. Plan Revision Details Received Date Number Number E0 0 Existing Site and Block Plan 1 September 2025 E1 0 Existing Ground Floor Plan 1 September 2025 E2 0 Existing First Floor Plan 1 September 2025 E3 0 Existing Roof Plan 1 September 2025 E4 0 Existing Front Elevation 1 September 2025 E5 0 Existing Side Elevation 1 September 2025 E6 0 Existing Side Elevation 1 September 2025 E7 0 Existing Rear Elevation 1 September 2025 P0 0 Proposed Site and Block 1 September 2025 P1 0 Proposed Ground Floor Plan 1 September 2025 P2 0 Proposed First Floor Plan 1 September 2025 P3 0 Proposed Roof Plan 1 September 2025 P4 0 Proposed Front Elevation 1 September 2025 P5 0 Proposed Side Elevation 1 September 2025 P6 0 Proposed Side Elevation 1 September 2025 P7 0 Proposed Rear Elevation 1 September 2025 1.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
AL9 5HL
Application type
HOUSEHOLDER APPLICATION
Parish
Hatfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2025
Consultation expiry
1 October 2025
Consultation end
1 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Sopers House Sopers Road Cuffley Potters Bar EN6 4RY

Additional information

UPRN
100080962315

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.

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