Specialist property developer IJM Land with Treble Eight Group has submitted a planning application to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council for the redevelopment of the site known as The Wheat Quarter on Hyde Way, Welwyn Garden City.

This submission is the culmination of almost a years’ worth of discussions with Council officers, Councillors, stakeholders and the local community. Proposals for the site include:

• Silos repurposed to deliver a sky bar and restaurant, together with competitive leisure space on the ground floor (potential uses including a climbing wall, sky diving experience, zip wires and bouldering for all ages)
• Boiler House and Grain Store to be transformed, to create a food and beverage area including tap room and retail, with the surrounding public realm for community and pop-up events.
• 579 homes
  • 133 two, three and four bedroom houses with private gardens;
  • 141 retirement living homes
  • 305 flats for rent with associated amenities including co-working space, gym and lounge.
•  180 room Apart-Hotel with integrated café
• Improvements to the pedestrian footbridge from the station – including a new lift, new stairs and retail unit
• Over 6 acres of public open space