Planning application
184 Unit 4 St Albans Road West Hatfield AL10 0TF
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for the change of use of the front office portion of Unit 4 to a daycare/crèche facility, to include an internal mezzanine, within Use Class E.
As published by the council, reference 6/2026/1306/LAWP
Application record
- Reference
- 6/2026/1306/LAWP
- Type
- LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT - PROPOSED
- Status
- Decided - Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 27 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 29 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 25 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Hatfield Cent.
- Parish
- Hatfield
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL10 0TF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Jul 2026
Received by Welwyn Hatfield
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29 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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25 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Granted
What this grant of permission means
Welwyn Hatfield granted permission on 25 September 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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