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Lemsford Mill Lemsford Village Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TR

6/2024/1964/TCTREES IN CONSERVATION AREAApproved

Approved on 8 November 2024

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Ash - Remove T6 Ash - Remove T8 Ash - Remove T13 Ash - Remove T17 Italian Alder - Reduce overall height to the previous pruning points ( circa 7 m). G18 Two Ash trees adjacent to Lemsford Village road- Remove dead wood. T21 Copper Beech - Remove dead wood . Crown lift to 3m over Lemsford Village Road. T2 Ash - Remove T3 Ash - Remove T4 Ash - Remove G7 Ash - Remove G9 Ash - Remove T12 Dead tree unidentified - Remove

Received
14 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hatfield Villages
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Nov

Decided in 25 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Lemsford Mill Lemsford Village Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TR. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 weeks quicker than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. The site is in the Lemsford conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Hatfield Villages. 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 7TR
Application type
TREES IN CONSERVATION AREA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hatfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
54 Springfield Crescent Harpenden AL5 4LH

Additional information

UPRN
100081157814

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Lemsford MillOn this site · +3 more
  • Green belt: Welwyn Hatfield
  • Registered park and garden: Brocket HallNext to the site

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 (19)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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

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© 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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