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Neighbourhood Development Plan

This section of the website is about our Neighbourhood Development Plan (or Neighbourhood Plan) and progress towards its completion.

LATEST NEWS: 

Regulation 16 Consultation

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, as the Local Planning Authority, will be holding a consultation on our Neighbourhood Plan under Regulation 16 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012).

The consultation will run from 21st July to 1st September 2025.

The Plan and all supporting documents may be accessed from the Borough Council’s website: https://www.welhat.gov.uk/welwyn-np  or from this website via the links in the left-hand panel. Paper versions are available to view at the Borough Council offices in Welwyn Garden City; at the Parish Council’s offices in Welwyn and at Welwyn Library in the Civic Centre, Prospect Place.

How to make comments on the Plan:

Using the online response form at: https://forms.office.com/e/Atk6pvMkk5

By e-mail to: planningpolicy@welhat.gov.uk

By post to: Planning Policy & Implementation, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6AE

What happens next:

At the close of the consultation, all representations made, including details of how to contact you, will be passed on to the Independent Examiner, who may wish to contact you for points of clarification during the examination. By submitting a representation, you are agreeing to this process. Personal data will only be used for the purposes of the Neighbourhood Plan examination.

Your comments may be made publicly available, subject to protection of your personal data. The Borough Council will store any personal data in line with their privacy statement. https://www.welhat.gov.uk/policies/privacy-notice

When submitting comments, you may ask to be notified of the local planning authority’s decision under Regulation 19 in relation to “making” the Neighbourhood Development Plan.

 

This site has the following panels:

Top Left – Published documents for downloading

All completed documents and reports (usually in .pdf format) are available from here.
 

Bottom Left – Q & A about Neighbourhood Plans in general and further information

Basic questions about the Plan and the history of its drafting, together with Additional Documents.  These provide background and include|:
Documents published by Herts CC (such as the Growth & Transport Plan) which are downloadable from  here.
Documents published by WHBC (e.g. the Local Plan and related documents) which are downloadable from here.
Other material which is downloadable from here.