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Beales Hotel Comet Way Hatfield AL10 9NG

6/2026/1312/FULLFULL PERMISSIONApproved
Full

Approved on 15 September 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use of the property from hotel (Use Class C1) to hostel (Sui Generis) for a temporary period until 31st March 2028

Received
27 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hatfield Villages
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Beales Hotel Comet Way Hatfield AL10 9NG. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 2,195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Hatfield Villages. We hold 207 applications in total for the AL10 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
AL10 9NG
Application type
FULL PERMISSION
Parish
Hatfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2026
Consultation expiry
21 August 2026
Consultation end
21 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
10 Compass Close Compass Close Edgware Middlesex HA8 8HU

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr James Wells

Additional information

UPRN
100081340537

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Source: Welwyn Hatfield

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