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Fountain View Great North Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TG

Refused Welwyn Hatfield 6/2021/2155/PN8 Class A – enlargement, improvement or other alteration of a dwellinghouse - PRIOR APPROVAL

Works: Extension Small domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Prior approval for a single storey rear extension measuring 5m in depth, 4m in height and 3m to the eaves

As published by the council, reference 6/2021/2155/PN8

Application record

Reference
6/2021/2155/PN8
Type
Class A – enlargement, improvement or other alteration of a dwellinghouse - PRIOR APPROVAL
Status
Decided - Refused
Decision
Refused
Received
16 Jul 2021
Validated
16 Jul 2021
Decided
16 Aug 2021
Ward
Hatfield Villages
Parish
Hatfield
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
AL8 7TG

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Jul 2021

    Received by Welwyn Hatfield

  2. 16 Aug 2021

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About prior approval applications

How this application type works

Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.

More on prior approval applications in our guide

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