42 New Road Digswell Welwyn AL6 0AH
Approved on 11 February 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T5 Lime to fell due to structural decay at historic pruning point on main stem T6 Horse Chestnut to reduce limbs overhanging adjacent carpark by 1-2m T7 Horse Chestnut to reduce limbs overhanging adjacent carpark by 1.5m T18 Horse Chestnut to fell due to structural decay at historic pruning points on main stem T39 Small-leaved Lime to remove deadwood T42 Sycamore to remove deadwood T43 Horse Chestnut to remove deadwood T51 Scots Pine to fell as dead T56 Hornbeam to reduce overhanging limbs to adjacent property by 1.5-2m T57 Small-leaved Lime to repollard back to previous pollard point, removing 4-5m of regrowth T60 Sycamore to reduce overhanging limbs to adjacent property by 1-1.5m T62 Sycamore to remove lowest lateral branch from ground level T63 Small-leaved Lime to reduce overhanging limbs to adjacent property by 2-2.5m T66 Lime to remove smaller dead limb and epicormic growth T67 Sycamore reduce overhanging limbs over adjacent property by 2-2.5m back to previous reduction points T69 Small-leaved Lime to reduce crown back to previous reduction points T74 Scots Pine to remove deadwood T79 Ornamental to reduce to 2m due to poor form W1 Mixed species to remove bamboo and remove and or reduce the laurel 817 (2018) A1
- Received
- 17 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Welwyn East
- ReceivedReceived17 Dec
- ValidatedValidated17 Dec
- Consult.Consultation5 Jan
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided11 Feb
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 42 New Road Digswell Welwyn AL6 0AH. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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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Application details
- Postcode
- AL6 0AH
- Application type
- WORKS TO TREES WITH TREE PRESERVATION ORDER
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Welwyn
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 5 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 5 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 42 New Road Digswell Welwyn AL6 0AH
Additional information
- UPRN
- 10014209256
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Welwyn HatfieldPart of the site
- Brownfield land register: Digswell - 54 New RoadRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (20)
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 and heritage coasts.
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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© 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: Welwyn Hatfield
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