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Land adjacent to Cromer House Cromer Hyde Lemsford Welwyn Garden City AL8 7XD

6/2026/1517/FULLFULL PERMISSIONApproved

Approved on 26 October 2026

Council decision: Granted3 conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed agricultural storage building

Received
28 August 2026
Ward
Hatfield Villages
  1. Received28 Aug
  2. Validated28 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land adjacent to Cromer House Cromer Hyde Lemsford Welwyn Garden City AL8 7XD. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 28 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer 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 1,408 applications in total for the AL8 postcode area.

88% of all 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 7XD
Application type
FULL PERMISSION
Parish
Hatfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Farm Office Millridge Farm Parsons Lane Hartlebury DY11 7YQ
Applicant company

Lemsford Smallholding Ltd

Company number 15349015

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
13 Dec 2023 (2 years old)
Nature of business
Growing of other tree and bush fruits and nuts
Registered office
Pinner
View on Companies House

Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Raymond Lee

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Welwyn Hatfield
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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