Tesco Heart Building Car Park Shire Park Welwyn Garden City AL7 1TW

1. 19 Aug 2026

   Received by Welwyn Hatfield

2. 20 Aug 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 31 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 15 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. 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.

This application is with Welwyn Hatfield for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.

The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.

More on full applications applications in our guide

• Tesco Heart Building Car Park Shire Park Welwyn Garden City AL7 1TW

  6/2025/2445/FULL Submitted 21 Nov 2025 2m away

  Installation of one padel tennis court as an additional ancillary sporting and recreational facility to the Tesco office headquarters, together with associated floodlighting, hard and soft landscaping works

  Withdrawn Full applications

• Tesco Checkout Kestrel Way Welwyn Garden City AL7 1GA

  6/2023/0343/FULL Submitted 13 Feb 2023 82m away

  Installation of modular building (portacabin) with access ramp for use as mailroom (for wider Tesco campus), including removal of 28 car parking spaces to accommodate building and service area.

  Granted Full applications

• Shire Park Falcon Gate Falcon Way Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire AL7 1TW

  6/2024/1037/ADV Submitted 4 Jun 2024 232m away

  Installation of 1 x illuminated fascia sign,1 x unilluminated disabled parking sign, 1 x unilluminated colleague parking sign 1 x unilluminated patient parking sign

  Granted Advertising

• Times Square (former Xerox Campus) Bessemer Road Welwyn Garden City AL7 1GP

  6/2026/0685/COND Submitted 16 Apr 2026 265m away

  Submission of details pursuant to Condition 14 (ii) (sound insulation and attenuation scheme) and (iii) (Performance report of scheme) on planning permission 6/2015/2213/MAJ

  Granted Conditions

• 11 Gresley Close Welwyn Garden City AL8 7QA

  6/2021/2021/HOUSE Submitted 2 Jul 2021 297m away

  Erection of a front porch infill extension and installation of front window to facilitate garage conversion.

  Granted Householder Extension Windows or glazing
  Small domestic

• Rank Xerox Technical Centre Bessemer Road Welwyn Garden City AL7 1HE

  6/2019/2698/COND Submitted 25 Oct 2019 308m away

  Submission of details pursuant to condition 2 (construction method statement) 3 (bin details) 6 (glazing and ventilation schemes) and 7B (surface water drainage scheme maintenance and management) on planning permission 6/2017/1568/MAJ

  Split decision Conditions Windows or glazing

• 6/2026/0929/FULL Granted

  Old Owen's Sports Ground Coopers Lane Potters Bar EN6 4NF

  Installation of 1 no. single padel court

  27 May 2026 Full applications
• 6/2026/0740/FULL Withdrawn

  Land to the rear of 8 Birds Close Welwyn Garden City AL7 4AR

  Erection of a single storey detached dwelling with basement

  27 Apr 2026 Full applications
• 6/2026/1231/FULL Withdrawn

  St Johns Church Of England Jmi School Lemsford Village Lemsford Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TR

  Installation of new fencing and gates across the school boundary adjacent to the main road

  13 Jul 2026 Full applications
• 6/2026/0960/FULL Refused

  15 Tiger Moth Way Hatfield AL10 9LT

  Change of use of general amenity land to residential garden and erection of a 2 metre high timber boundary fence following removal of existing hedge and boundary treatment

  1 Jun 2026 Full applications
• 6/2026/0300/FULL Refused

  Warren Lodge Stables Great North Road Hatfield AL9 5JX

  Change of use of land to use as a Gypsy/Traveller caravan site, comprising 9 pitches each accommodating two caravans, including no more than one static caravan/mobile home per pitch, together with the laying of hardstanding and erection of acoustic fence

  19 Feb 2026 Full applications