42-63 Guessens Court Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6RB
Approved on 20 March 2024
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
G1 - Group of ash to remove 1 x leaning stem to ground level, reduce remaining by approx 3m height & width. H1 - 2 sections of Leyland cypress hedge to reduce top by 0.5m. Rear side may need to be cut back harder to clear public footpath. Maintain hedge size and shape. T1 & T2 - 2 x Sycamore to reduce by approx 3-4 meters height & 2-3m in width. T3 - 1 x Sycamore to cut back lateral branches from property by 2m - Reduce laterals to provide a suitable clearance from property. T4 - 1 x Ash to reduce by approx 3m height & width.
- Received
- 24 January 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Handside
- ReceivedReceived24 Jan
- ValidatedValidated24 Jan
- Consult.Consultation20 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided20 Mar
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 42-63 Guessens Court Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6RB. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Welwyn Garden City conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 6RB
- Application type
- ESTATE MANAGEMENT TREES
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 January 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 20 February 2024
- Consultation end
- 20 February 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 15 Great Ganett Welwyn Garden City AL7 3DA
Additional information
- UPRN
- 200003856233
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Welwyn Hatfield
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