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13 Stonehills Welwyn Garden City AL8 6ND

6/2026/1822/PN29Class AB - New dwellinghouses on terrace buildings in commercial or mixed use - Prior ApprovalAwaiting decision
Prior approval
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior Approval for change of use from Commercial, business and services (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to convert the first and second floors of the subject building to form six self-contained residential flats

Received
9 October 2026
Ward
Handside
  1. Received9 Oct
  2. Validated9 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 13 Stonehills Welwyn Garden City AL8 6ND. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 2 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. 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.

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Application details

Postcode
AL8 6ND
Application type
Class AB - New dwellinghouses on terrace buildings in commercial or mixed use - Prior Approval

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Flat 4,128 Sunningfields Road Hendon NW4 4RE
Applicant company

Comax Estates Limited

Company number 03083393

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
24 Jul 1995 (31 years old)
Nature of business
Development of building projects; Construction of commercial buildings; Construction of domestic buildings; Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
London

2 other planning applications by this company in Woking.

  • PLAN/2026/0744 · Woking · 1 - 2 High Street Woking Surrey GU21 6BG
  • COND/2026/0113 · Woking · Pearl Assurance House 28 High Street Woking Surrey
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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Sarah Madyausiku

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.

Source: Welwyn Hatfield

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