With no sign of government intervention, despite the post-World War One housing shortage, ... Welwyn Garden City was designated a new town in 1948 and was paid £2.8m for its assets.

The latest planning applications submitted to Welwyn Hatfield and Hertsmere Borough Councils featuring proposals for signage and home extensions.

Welwyn Garden City bills itself as a "marriage of town and country" on signs welcoming visitors. It is a reference to the design of the new town that was intended to offer the best of both worlds ...

Panshanger, on the northern edge of Welwyn Garden City, has well-designed modern homes influenced by Span-designed homes of the Sixties. Terrace houses here sell for between £200,000 and £250,000.

Welwyn, around 32km north of central London, was the second garden city settlement built in the UK. The neighbouring historic settlement of Hatfield was also redeveloped as a new town in the 1940s.