56 Blakemere Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7PN
Withdrawn on 11 August 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Field maple tree branches to be cut back to allow access for telecom works 737 (2018) T1 & T2
- Received
- 28 January 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Sherrards
- ReceivedReceived28 Jan
- ValidatedValidated4 Feb
- Consult.Consultation6 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided11 Aug
Decided in 188 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 56 Blakemere Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7PN. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 884 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 195 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Welwyn Garden City conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Sherrards. 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 7PN
- Application type
- WORKS TO TREES WITH TREE PRESERVATION ORDER
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 February 2025
- Consultation end
- 6 February 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Unit 3 Hutton Square Brucefield Industrial Estate EH54 9DJ
Additional information
- UPRN
- 100080971986
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20252 Sep
To fell dead monkey puzzle. To reduce failing cherry by approx 4m and prune to shape. To fell small spruce.
ApprovedESTATE MANAGEMENT TREES6/2025/1863/EMT - 202528 Aug
To fell dead monkey puzzle. To reduce failing cherry by approx 4m and prune to shape. To fell small spruce
ApprovedTREES IN CONSERVATION AREA6/2025/1838/TC - 202524 Mar
Reduce 2 x hornbeam trees covered by TPO 737 (2018) by approximately 2-3m as previous. Remove 10cm diameter…
ApprovedESTATE MANAGEMENT TREES6/2025/0550/EMT - 202524 Mar
Reduce 2 x hornbeam trees covered by TPO 737 (2018) by approximately 2-3m as previous. Remove 10cm diameter…
ApprovedTrees6/2025/0556/TPO - 200127 Jul
ERECTION OF A GREENHOUSE
ApprovedESTATE MANAGEMENTW6/2001/1007/EM
Source: Welwyn Hatfield
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