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Welwyn Hatfield: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East of England; within the county of HRT. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Hertfordshire County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Welwyn Hatfield for 2026–27: £252.00 of a £2,452.26 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£2.8 million |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | £5,000 |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £3.2 million |
| Cultural and related services | £4.7 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £9.2 million |
| Planning and development services | −£1.3 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £4.4 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £17.4 million |
Welwyn Hatfield in numbers
- Total population
- 122,819 people
- Median age
- 38 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £28,179
- Gross median weekly pay
- £720
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 20.0%
- Claimant Count
- 3.0%
- Average house price
- £448,681
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 9.8 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 4.2 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 88.0%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 350.1 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 5,560 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
48 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Labour and Liberal Democrats.
Councillors by party: Labour Party 16, Liberal Democrats 15, Conservative and Unionist 12, Reform UK 3, Independent / Other 2.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 48 councillors, by ward
- Craig Stanbury (Conservative and Unionist) — Brookmans Park and Little Heath
- Fiona Thomson (Conservative and Unionist) — Brookmans Park and Little Heath
- Mark Short (Conservative and Unionist) — Brookmans Park and Little Heath
- Astrid Scott (Labour Party) — Haldens
- John Redmond (Reform UK) — Haldens
- Matthew Hobbs (Labour Party) — Haldens
- Gemma Moore (Liberal Democrats) — Handside
- Michal Siewniak (Liberal Democrats) — Handside
- Tony Skottowe (Liberal Democrats) — Handside
- Ian Walsh (Labour Party) — Hatfield Central
- Kieran Thorpe (Labour Party) — Hatfield Central
- Mark Smith (Reform UK) — Hatfield Central
- Cathy Watson (Labour Party) — Hatfield East
- Shirley Asare (Labour Party) — Hatfield East
- Vaishali Shah (Labour Party) — Hatfield East
- Helena Goldwater (Liberal Democrats) — Hatfield South West
- Karthik Bonkur (Labour Party) — Hatfield South West
- Lukasz Stasiowski (Liberal Democrats) — Hatfield South West
- James Broach (Labour Party) — Hatfield Villages
- Jane Otumunye (Labour Party) — Hatfield Villages
- Rose Grewal (Labour Party) — Hatfield Villages
- Alan Chesterman (Labour Party) — Hollybush
- Callum Powell (Reform UK) — Hollybush
- Margaret Birleson (Labour Party) — Hollybush
- Jill Weston (Independent / Other) — Howlands
- Katherine Gardner (Labour Party) — Howlands
- Max Holloway (Labour Party) — Howlands
- Barbara Fitzsimon (Conservative and Unionist) — Northaw and Cuffley
- Brian Seeger (Conservative and Unionist) — Northaw and Cuffley
- George Michaelides (Conservative and Unionist) — Northaw and Cuffley
- Jane Quinton (Liberal Democrats) — Panshanger
- Lewis Ross (Liberal Democrats) — Panshanger
- Salman Khan (Liberal Democrats) — Panshanger
- Duncan Jones (Liberal Democrats) — Peartree
- Fauzia Haider (Liberal Democrats) — Peartree
- Russ Platt (Independent / Other) — Peartree
- Frank Marsh (Liberal Democrats) — Sherrards
- Jean-Paul Skoczylas (Liberal Democrats) — Sherrards
- Leo Gilbert (Labour Party) — Sherrards
- Adrienne Nix (Liberal Democrats) — Welham Green and Hatfield South
- Paul Zukowskyj (Liberal Democrats) — Welham Green and Hatfield South
- Sandreni Bonfante (Liberal Democrats) — Welham Green and Hatfield South
- Claire Hunt (Conservative and Unionist) — Welwyn East
- Durk Reyner (Conservative and Unionist) — Welwyn East
- Julie Cragg (Conservative and Unionist) — Welwyn East
- Alex Bardett (Conservative and Unionist) — Welwyn West
- Sunny Thusu (Conservative and Unionist) — Welwyn West
- Tony Kingsbury (Conservative and Unionist) — Welwyn West