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Welwyn Garden City Football And Social Club Herns Way Welwyn Garden City AL7 1TA

Awaiting decision Welwyn Hatfield 6/2026/0001/MAJ MAJOR DEVELOPMENT

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Proposed replacement of the existing natural grass football pitch with a 106m x 70m FIFA Quality 3G all-weather pitch, including associated shockpad, drainage, and LED floodlighting - (Retrospective)

As published by the council, reference 6/2026/0001/MAJ

Application record

Reference
6/2026/0001/MAJ
Type
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
Status
Under Consultation
Received
2 Jan 2026
Validated
18 May 2026
Ward
Haldens
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
AL7 1TA

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Jan 2026

    Received by Welwyn Hatfield

  2. 18 May 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 9 Aug 2026

    Status changed to Under Consultation

    Previously Under Consideration.

  5. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 17 August 2026, 13 weeks from validation under the statutory target. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Welwyn Hatfield took a median of 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

2 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Welwyn Hatfield for determination, against a statutory target of thirteen weeks. Over the last year Welwyn Hatfield decided full applications in a median of 102 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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