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9 The Drive Welwyn AL6 0TW

6/2023/0270/TPOWORKS TO TREES WITH TREE PRESERVATION ORDERRefused

Refused on 3 April 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reduce Pine tree by approximately 30% to suitable growth points, this is due to excessive shading to both properties No.9 & No.11. Also an uneven canopy with larger branches over no.9. Reduce branches over hanging both properties.

Received
3 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Welwyn East Welwyn West
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 9 The Drive Welwyn AL6 0TW. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 969 applications in total for the AL6 postcode area.

96% of trees applications at Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
AL6 0TW
Application type
WORKS TO TREES WITH TREE PRESERVATION ORDER
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Welwyn

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2023
Consultation expiry
2 April 2023
Consultation end
2 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
9 The Drive Welwyn AL6 0TW

Additional information

UPRN
100080990530

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Welwyn HatfieldNext to the site
  • Local nature reserve: Mardley HeathNext to the 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Welwyn Hatfield

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