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Pending6/2025/0321/MAJSubmitted over a year agoChange of use

Former Shredded Wheat Factory Broadwater Road Welwyn Garden City AL7 1RR

Detailed Planning Application for redevelopment of the former Shredded Wheat Factory site to include for demolition of some existing structures (including some Grade II Listed Buildings), and the provision of townhouses (Use Class C3), residential care accommodation for the elderly (Use Class C2) with associated communal facilities, Build to Rent accommodation (Use Class C3) with associated communal facilities, an aparthotel (Use Class C1), a retail and cycle hub unit (Use Classes E and Sui Generis), and the change of use of remaining existing retained buildings to retail, commercial and leisure uses (Use Classes E, F2 and Sui Generis) with associated cycle parking, car parking, access, landscaping and other supporting infrastructure. Linked with application 6/2025/1635/LB.

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Progress

Submitted
19 Feb 2025
— completed
Validated
10 Mar 2025
— completed
Consultation
18 Apr 2025
— completed
Target date
—
— not yet reached
Decided
—
— not yet reached

Application details

Reference
6/2025/0321/MAJ
Local authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Postcode
AL7 1RR
Ward
Peartree
Application type
Full
Property type
Commercial

Key dates

Submitted
19 Feb 2025
Validated
10 Mar 2025
Comments close
18 Apr 2025

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Estimated project value

£43k–£290k

Typical UK cost for this job type, scaled for a medium scheme, at South East rates (2026). Estimated from the proposal description — planning applications do not state build cost. Source: trade estimate.

Recently sold nearby

New owners, recently moved in. First work on a house usually follows within months of completing. 8 recent sales are listed below.

Homes here go for about £420,000 — the median of the last 8 market sales in AL7 (the wider postcode district), £170,000 to £620,000.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sales are matched by postcode, not by property, so a sale listed here may be a neighbouring address. England and Wales only.

Planning constraints

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