Planning Department Contacts

This page lists some of the officers working in the planning department, and how you can contact them.

You can contact us on 01707 357000 and ask for the duty planning officer, or by visiting us at the reception in the council’s offices at Campus East in Welwyn Garden City (between 9am to 5pm Monday-Thursday and 9am to 4.30pm Friday). Our address is as follows:

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
Council Offices
The Campus
Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire
AL8 6AE

Contact email Addresses for Planning

Planning Applications and Enforcement - planning@welhat.gov.uk

Planning Policy - planningpolicy@welhat.gov.uk

Building Control - buildingcontrol@welhat.gov.uk

• Heads of Service
• Planning Applications/Development Control
• Planning Policy
• Building Control/Regulations

Heads Of Service

Head of Development Control

Tracy Harvey
Tel: 01707 357239
Email: t.harvey@welhat.gov.uk

Head of Planning Policy
Sue Tiley
Tel: 01707 357268
Email: s.tiley@welhat.gov.uk

Building Control Manager
Barry Dawson
Tel: 01707 357502
Email: b.dawson@welhat.gov.uk

Planning Applications/Development Control

General Enquiries: 01707 357000
Fax: 01707 357255

The Borough is covered by two area teams, North and South:
Development Control North (area around WelwynGarden City)
Principal Development Control Officer
Richard Aston
Tel: 01707 357298
Email: r.aston@welhat.gov.uk

Development Control South (area around Hatfield and Cuffley)
Principal Development Control Officer
Lisa Hughes
Tel: 01707 357247
Email: l.hughes@welhat.gov.uk

To see a map of the areas the teams cover click the link below:
Development Control Team Area Map

Planning Enforcement

Senior Planning Enforcement Officer
James Robson
Tel: 01707 357253
Email: j.robson@welhat.gov.uk

Planning Policy

Hatfield/WGC Town Centres
Anita Ward
Tel: 01707 357306
Email: a.ward@welhat.gov.uk

Annual Monitoring Report
Helen Courtney
Tel: 01707 357504
Email: h.courtney@welhat.gov.uk

Hatfield Aerodrome Site
Simon Chivers
Tel: 01707 357347
Email: s.chivers@welhat.gov.uk

Local Development Framework
Carol Hyland/Paul Everard/Anne Day
Tel: 01707 357548/357518/357510
Email: c.hyland@welhat.gov.uk / p.everard@welhat.gov.uk / a.day@welhat.gov.uk

Building Control

Building Control Regulations
General Enquiries & Inspections: 01707 357391
Out of Hours Notification of Dangerous Structures: 01707 357800