Monks Walk School Knightsfield Welwyn Garden City AL8 7NL
Proposal
Erection of indoor sports hall, provision of external sports field viewing bank, and associated ground works, and hard and soft landscaping
- Received
- 5 February 2026
- Decided
- 29 July 2026 · Granted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Sherrards
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- ReceivedReceived5 Feb
- ValidatedValidated10 Feb
- Consult.Consultation19 Mar
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided29 Jul
Decided in 169 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application at Monks Walk School Knightsfield Welwyn Garden City AL8 7NL. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 2,195 applications of this type and approves 81% of them, typically deciding them in 63 days. This one was decided in 174 days, 16 weeks longer than Welwyn Hatfield's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 137 applications across Sherrards. We hold 1,375 applications in total for the AL8 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
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- Green belt: Welwyn HatfieldPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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- 11.0 miWaltham Cross
- 11.9 miWaltham Cross
- 15.6 miBaldock
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