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4 Park Close Hatfield AL9 5AY

6/2025/1985/TCTREES IN CONSERVATION AREAApproved

Approved on 31 October 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T01 - Prunus cerasifera 'Nigra' Crown reduction by 1m all around the outer parts to reduce the weight of the branches, maintain a balance shape cutting through small branches only

Received
15 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hatfield East
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.6 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Oct

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Park Close Hatfield AL9 5AY. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. The site is in the Old Hatfield conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Hatfield East. We hold 277 applications in total for the AL9 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
AL9 5AY
Application type
TREES IN CONSERVATION AREA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hatfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2025
Consultation expiry
6 October 2025
Consultation end
6 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
95, Park Meadow Park Meadow Hatfield AL95HE

Additional information

UPRN
100080963820

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Old Hatfield
  • 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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