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12 Newfields Welwyn Garden City AL8 6YT

6/2023/2090/TCTREES IN CONSERVATION AREAApproved

Approved on 27 November 2023

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 x Sycamore to reduce by 4m height & 1.5m width - Self set tree growing too close to building with branches over and on top of roof 1 x Sycamore to fell - Growing too large and diminution the whole garden

Received
13 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Handside
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.24 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Nov

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 12 Newfields Welwyn Garden City AL8 6YT. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. The site is in the Welwyn Garden City conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 230 applications across Handside. We hold 1,408 applications in total for the AL8 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
AL8 6YT
Application type
TREES IN CONSERVATION AREA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2023
Consultation expiry
24 October 2023
Consultation end
24 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
15 Great Ganett Welwyn Garden City AL7 3DA

Additional information

UPRN
100080982329

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Welwyn Garden City
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    13 Oct

    1 x Sycamore to reduce by 4m height & 1.5m width - Self set tree growing too close to building with branches…

    This applicationApprovedTrees6/2023/2090/TC
  2. 2023
    13 Oct

    1 x Sycamore to reduce by 4m height & 1.5m width - Self set tree growing too close to building with branches…

    ApprovedESTATE MANAGEMENT TREESFiled alongside6/2023/2091/EMT

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