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1 The Orchard Welwyn Garden City AL8 7PL

6/2026/1578/EMESTATE MANAGEMENTApproved

Approved on 11 November 2026

Council decision: Granted7 conditions

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

Proposal

Erection of single storey rear extension to partially replace existing extension

Received
10 September 2026
Ward
Sherrards
  1. Received10 Sep
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a single storey rear extension at 1 The Orchard Welwyn Garden City AL8 7PL. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 56 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Welwyn Garden City conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Sherrards. We hold 1,408 applications in total for the AL8 postcode area.

100% of estate management 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 7PL
Application type
ESTATE MANAGEMENT

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
1 The Orchard Welwyn Garden City AL8 7PL

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr James Homer

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
    17 Sep

    Erection of single storey rear extension to partially replace existing extension

    This applicationApprovedESTATE MANAGEMENT6/2026/1578/EM
  2. 2026
    10 Sep

    Erection of a single storey rear extension following the part demolition of existing single storey rear…

    ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongside6/2026/1577/HOUSE

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