165 Handside Lane Welwyn Garden City AL8 6TA
Approved on 8 May 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions
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Proposal
Proposed installation of an air source heat pump, solar panels, battery storage and an EV charging point
- Received
- 17 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Handside
- ReceivedReceived17 Mar
- ValidatedValidated17 Mar
- Consult.Consultation16 Apr
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided8 May
Decided in 52 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at 165 Handside Lane Welwyn Garden City AL8 6TA. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 5,394 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker 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.
Application details
- Postcode
- AL8 6TA
- Application type
- ESTATE MANAGEMENT
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 16 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 April 2026
Additional information
- UPRN
- 100080976346
Site constraints
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
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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: Welwyn Hatfield
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