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16 Wendover Drive Welwyn AL6 9LT

6/2025/2038/HOUSEHOUSEHOLDER APPLICATIONRefused
Householder

Refused on 19 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of detached garage

Received
24 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Welwyn West
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 16 Wendover Drive Welwyn AL6 9LT. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 2,195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 4 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed garage would be located in close proximity to two trees protected by a Tree Preservation Order within the application site – which are important features in the landscape and strongly contribute to the prevailing landscape quality, character and setting of Wendover Drive and locality. Based on the submitted information, it cannot reasonably be concluded that the proposal would not be harmful to these trees. Without such assurance the proposal conflicts with Policies SP9 and SADM16 of the Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council Local Plan, and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. Plan Revision Details Received Date Number Number 250325.01 Location and Site Plans 24 September 2025 A 250325.02 Proposed Plans and 24 September 2025 A Elevations 1.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
AL6 9LT
Application type
HOUSEHOLDER APPLICATION
Parish
Welwyn

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025
Consultation expiry
16 November 2025
Consultation end
16 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
'The Drawing Room' 3 Orchard Drive Standon Ware SG11 1XD

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
12 November 2025
Site notice end
16 November 2025

Additional information

UPRN
10093070252

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: WelwynNext to the 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 (21)

flood storage 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

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© 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.

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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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