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Land to the north east of King George V Playing Fields Northaw Road East Hertfordshire EN6 4RD

6/2026/0126/MAJMAJOR DEVELOPMENTApproved
Full

Approved on 29 June 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)15 conditions

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Proposal

Erection of 16 new dwellings with associated access, car parking and landscaping

Received
27 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Northaw and Cuffley
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jun

Decided in 153 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land to the north east of King George V Playing Fields Northaw Road East Hertfordshire EN6 4RD. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 2,195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 153 days, 14 weeks longer than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 98 applications across Northaw and Cuffley. We hold 3,353 applications in total for the EN6 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
EN6 4RD
Application type
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
16
Parish
Northaw and Cuffley

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2026
Consultation expiry
18 March 2026
Consultation end
18 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Savills 33 Margaret Street London W1G 0JD

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
18 March 2026
Site notice end
18 March 2026

Additional information

UPRN
10024372739

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Welwyn Hatfield
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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