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17 Guessens Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 6QL

6/2026/0253/EMESTATE MANAGEMENTApproved

Approved on 7 April 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Repair and convert outbuildings on the side of my property into useable spaces. Expansion of driveway to provide safe access to the front door from my vehicles.

Received
13 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Handside
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 53 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 17 Guessens Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 6QL. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 5,394 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. The site is in the Welwyn Garden City conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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.

Application details

Postcode
AL8 6QL
Application type
ESTATE MANAGEMENT

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Consultation expiry
12 March 2026
Consultation end
12 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
17 Guessens Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 6QL

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr James Homer

Additional information

UPRN
100080975979

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    16 Feb

    Refurbishment of outbuilding including walls, roof and fenestration. Renovation of shed including rebuilding…

    ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongside6/2026/0265/HOUSE
  2. 2026
    13 Feb

    Repair and convert outbuildings on the side of my property into useable spaces. Expansion of driveway to…

    This applicationApprovedApplication6/2026/0253/EM

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    21 Nov

    Replacement front door

    ApprovedESTATE MANAGEMENT6/2025/2436/EM

Source: Welwyn Hatfield

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