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Digswell Lodge and 6 The Orchard, Digswell Rise, Welwyn Garden City

6/2015/2344/EMESTATE MANAGEMENT TREESWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 12 January 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reduce height of Chestnut tree by 4m and sides by 3m, crown thin Oak tree by by 30 per cent, remove 2 lowest limbs and lift by 5m. Reduce height of Yew tree by 4m and reduce sides by 2m plus lift overhanging limbs of Oak tree at 6 The Orchard by upt to 3m- Conservation Area.

Received
19 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sherrards
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 2212 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Digswell Lodge and 6 The Orchard, Digswell Rise, Welwyn Garden City. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 884 applications of this type. The site is in the Welwyn Garden City conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Sherrards.

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Application details

Application type
ESTATE MANAGEMENT TREES
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2015
Consultation expiry
13 January 2016
Consultation end
13 January 2016
Neighbour consultation end
13 January 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
CSG Ushers Ltd Unit 13 Waterways Business Centre Navigation Centre Enfield Middx EN3 6JJ

Additional information

UPRN
10024370511

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Welwyn Garden City
  • Listed building: Grade II: Digswell LodgeOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Welwyn Hatfield

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