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252 Handside Lane Welwyn Garden City AL8 6TG

6/2026/1913/LAWPLAWFUL DEVELOPMENT - PROPOSEDAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for the erection of outbuilding and replacement permeable driveway

Received
22 October 2026
Ward
Handside
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for an outbuilding at 252 Handside Lane Welwyn Garden City AL8 6TG. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 16 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 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 1,409 applications in total for the AL8 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
AL8 6TG
Application type
LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT - PROPOSED

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
224a High Street Barnet EN5 5SZ

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Jessica Hulley

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
    23 Oct

    Certificate of lawfulness for the erection of outbuilding and replacement permeable driveway

    This applicationPendingLAWFUL DEVELOPMENT - PROPOSED6/2026/1913/LAWP
  2. 2026
    16 Oct

    Erection of outbuilding and replacement permeable driveway

    PendingESTATE MANAGEMENTFiled alongside6/2026/1882/EM

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