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Planning performance · official MHCLG data
87.6% of applications approved
Ranks #172 of 310 UK authorities · national average 87.0% · rolling 2025 Q1 – 2025 Q4
Decision speed (% in time), approval trends back to 1979, application-type mix and live market activity are available on paid plans.
Planning appeals · HM Planning Inspectorate
31.1% of appeals overturn this council
Ranks #158 of 317 for decisions upheld · national average 32.1% · 219 appeals decided
Overturn rate = appeals allowed ÷ decided (lower is better). Procedure mix and the year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
Property market · HM Land Registry
£430,000 median sale price
-1.8% year on year · 1,029 sales in the last 12 months
Area-level (the whole authority), standard sales, median not average. Breakdown by property type and the 10-year trend are available on paid plans.
Energy performance · EPC certificates
59.9% of homes rated EPC C or above
Ranks #9 of 318 most efficient · national average 46.6% · 44,808 certificates
% rated C or above (higher is better). The A–G band distribution and year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
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| Reference | Address | Description | Type | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/2026/1130/TPO | Decision Documents Consultees Neighbours History NMAs More ☰ Application… | G1 - 2 x Beech and 3 x Hornbeams all hanging low over the footpath and road. Crown lift to 4m. T2 - Hornbeam growing… | Treeworks | 30 Jun 2026 |
| 6/2026/1114/TC | 30 Barleycroft Road Welwyn Garden City | Cut back norway spruce back to the boundary that is growing over from number 28's garden | Treeworks | 29 Jun 2026 |
| 6/2026/1125/PN8 | 39 The Ridgeway Northaw | Prior approval for the erection of a single storey rear extension measuring 8m in depth, 4m in height and 3m to the… | Priorapproval | 29 Jun 2026 |
| 6/2026/1122/COND | Land adjacent to 42 Lemsford Village Lemsford Welwyn Garden City | Submission of details pursuant of condition 5 (external materials) on planning permission 6/2025/1228/FULL | Dischargeconditions | 29 Jun 2026 |
| 6/2026/1119/ADV | Hertfordshire Constabulary Stanborough Road Welwyn Garden City | Proposed installation of signage | Advertisement | 29 Jun 2026 |
| 6/2026/1113/HOUSE | 16 Birkin Court Welwyn Garden City | Erection of a single storey rear extension | Householder | 29 Jun 2026 |
| 6/2026/1110/COND | 12 Little Burrow Welwyn Garden City | Submission of details pursuant to condition number 1 (landscaping) and 2 (drainage strategy) on planning permission… | Dischargeconditions | 26 Jun 2026 |
| 6/2026/1107/COND | Decision Documents Consultees Neighbours History NMAs More ☰ Application… | Submission of details pursuant to condition number 2 (materials) on planning permission 6/2026/0105/HOUSE | Dischargeconditions | 26 Jun 2026 |
| 6/2026/1108/TPO | 16 Mardley Hill Welwyn | T1 - 1 x Oak to reduce by approximately 2m height and width, ensuring to cut back clearing the house sufficiently. Oak… | Treeworks | 26 Jun 2026 |
| 6/2026/1096/COND | Decision Documents Consultees Neighbours History NMAs More ☰ Application… | Submission of details pursuant to Condition 1 (Construction Management Plan) on planning permission 6/2025/2579/HOUSE | Dischargeconditions | 25 Jun 2026 |
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About this data
We index every application published on Welwyn Hatfield’s planning portal (def_v3) and refresh several times per day. The original portal:
https://planning.welhat.gov.ukNewest application received 30 Jun 2026.
This page lists the latest applications received by Welwyn Hatfield, updated daily. The PlanNexus dashboard and API let you search the full archive of 192 indexed applications by postcode, date, status and type — a free account includes 1,000 requests a month. The council's own portal is also linked above.
PlanNexus indexes Welwyn Hatfield's planning register several times a day. The newest application on record was received 30 Jun 2026.
87.6% of Welwyn Hatfield's planning applications were approved over the rolling 2025 Q1 – 2025 Q4, against a national average of 87.0% (official MHCLG figures).
31.1% of appeals against Welwyn Hatfield decisions were allowed by the Planning Inspectorate, against a national average of 32.1%, across 219 decided appeals.
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