56 Blakemere Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7PN
Approved on 8 August 2025
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Reduce 2 x hornbeam trees covered by TPO 737 (2018) by approximately 2-3m as previous. Remove 10cm diameter limb on T2 that is touching the telegraph pole.
- Received
- 24 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Sherrards
- ReceivedReceived24 Mar
- ValidatedValidated31 Mar
- Consult.Consultation2 May
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided8 Aug
Decided in 130 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. This one was decided in 137 days, 12 weeks longer than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. 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
- ESTATE MANAGEMENT TREES
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 2 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 2 May 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 56 Blakemere Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7PN
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.
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
- 202524 Mar
Reduce 2 x hornbeam trees covered by TPO 737 (2018) by approximately 2-3m as previous. Remove 10cm diameter…
This applicationApprovedTrees6/2025/0550/EMT - 202524 Mar
Reduce 2 x hornbeam trees covered by TPO 737 (2018) by approximately 2-3m as previous. Remove 10cm diameter…
ApprovedTreesFiled alongside6/2025/0556/TPO
Planning history at this site
4 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 - 202528 Jan
Field maple tree branches to be cut back to allow access for telecom works 737 (2018) T1 & T2
WithdrawnTrees6/2025/0146/TPO - 200127 Jul
ERECTION OF A GREENHOUSE
ApprovedESTATE MANAGEMENTW6/2001/1007/EM
Source: Welwyn Hatfield
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- 56 Blakemere Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7PN6/2025/1863/EMT · TreesApproved0.0 mi
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