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The Howard Centre 32 Howardsgate Welwyn Garden City AL8 6HA

6/2026/0120/FULLFULL PERMISSIONApproved
Full

Approved on 30 March 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed replacement plant equipment at roof level and the installation of external terrace seating

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Handside
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Howard Centre 32 Howardsgate Welwyn Garden City AL8 6HA. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 2,195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. The site is in the Welwyn Garden City conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 230 applications across Handside. We hold 1,408 applications in total for the AL8 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
AL8 6HA
Application type
FULL PERMISSION
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026
Consultation expiry
18 March 2026
Consultation end
18 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
33 Margaret Street London W1G 0JD

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
18 March 2026
Site notice end
4 March 2026

Additional information

UPRN
200001051231
Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Welwyn Garden City
  • 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

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.

Source: Welwyn Hatfield

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