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The Howard Centre Unit 32 Howardsgate Welwyn Garden City AL8 6HA

6/2026/0451/ADVADVERT CONSENTApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 6 May 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

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

Proposal

Installation of 1 x illuminated fascia sign, 1 x illuminated projecting sign, menu box illuminated sign and festoon lighting.

Received
12 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Handside
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at The Howard Centre Unit 32 Howardsgate Welwyn Garden City AL8 6HA. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 57 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Welwyn Garden City conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

95% of advertising 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
ADVERT CONSENT
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2026
Consultation expiry
10 April 2026
Consultation end
10 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Broadwall House 21 Broadwall London SE1 9PL

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
10 April 2026
Site notice end
10 April 2026

Additional information

UPRN
200001051231

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    12 Mar

    Installation of external terrace seating and festoon lighting

    ApprovedFULL PERMISSIONFiled alongside6/2026/0450/FULL
  2. 2026
    12 Mar

    Installation of 1 x illuminated fascia sign, 1 x illuminated projecting sign, menu box illuminated sign and…

    This applicationApprovedAdvertisement consent6/2026/0451/ADV

Source: Welwyn Hatfield

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