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9 Old Forge Close Welwyn AL6 0SR

6/2025/2137/EMTESTATE MANAGEMENT TREESRefused

Refused on 4 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

1 x Deodar Cedar to remove in sections to ground level. Causing major damage to driveway

Received
7 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Welwyn East
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.5 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Dec

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 9 Old Forge Close Welwyn AL6 0SR. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across Welwyn East. We hold 969 applications in total for the AL6 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed works would detrimentally effect the character and amenity of the area. They are not suitably justified or evidenced and should not be granted.
  2. Plan Revision Details Received Date Number Number Tree Sketch 7 October 2025 Location Plan 7 October 2025 Zayd Al-Jawad Executive Director (Place) LEASEHOLD REFORM ACT 1967 REFUSAL OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT SCHEME CONSENT If you would like to discuss your options following the refusal of Estate Management Scheme consent, or would like further information regarding the submission of a revised application, please contact: James Homer Estate Management Scheme Manager Email: j.homer@welhat.gov.uk

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
AL6 0SR
Application type
ESTATE MANAGEMENT TREES
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Welwyn

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2025
Consultation expiry
5 November 2025
Consultation end
5 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
17 Crossway Welwyn Garden City AL8 7ED

Additional information

UPRN
100080982788

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Welwyn 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

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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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