Hatfield parking could become free for up to three hours - Credit: WHBC A proposal for parking to be free for up to three hours in Hatfield is set to be considered by the borough council. Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council's cabinet planning and parking panel (CPPP) will meet next week to consider whether to introduce new parking restrictions in the town. The news follows a consultation on the council’s proposals to introduce new long-stay options across all town centre car parks from May 17, following the opening of the multi-storey scheduled for early spring. Parking would remain free for three hours under the proposals, inlcuding at the multi-storey, with charges of £3.50 for three to four hours and £6.50 all-day agreed as part of the council’s budget setting process.