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222 Handside Lane Welwyn Garden City AL8 6TD

6/2024/1334/EMTESTATE MANAGEMENT TREESApproved

Approved on 16 August 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 x Silver birch to reduce by approximately 2.5m height and 1.5m in width. Excessive Growth Over Neighboring Boundaries: The Silver Birch tree has exhibited substantial lateral growth, extending over two neighboring properties. Both neighbours have complained about the overhang, debris and potential for branches to fall into their gardens. Impact on Neighboring Trees and Vegetation: The excessive spread of the Silver Birch tree is significantly affecting the form and health of a neighboring apple tree. The overshadowing and competition for light and resources have led to the apple tree developing a poor and unbalanced form, which could result in its eventual decline if not addressed. We acknowledge that our previous application for a more severe reduction of the Silver Birch tree was refused last year. Based on the feedback received, we have reassessed the situation and are now proposing a specification that aligns with appropriate arboricultural practices

Received
11 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Handside
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated19 Jul
  3. Consult.13 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 222 Handside Lane Welwyn Garden City AL8 6TD. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. 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 6TD
Application type
ESTATE MANAGEMENT TREES
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 July 2024
Consultation expiry
13 August 2024
Consultation end
13 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
15 Great Ganett Welwyn Garden City AL7 3DA

Additional information

UPRN
100080976391

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.

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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