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129 Handside Lane Welwyn Garden City AL8 6TA

6/2026/0423/EMTESTATE MANAGEMENT TREESApproved

Approved on 1 May 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 x Eucalyptus to reduce to around 2m above ground level. Reduce down to leave a suitable framework for rose 1 x Atlas cedar to lift lower branch to around 4m above ground level, Cedar lift low branch to improve light & space in lower part of garden

Received
6 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Handside
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.18 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 129 Handside Lane Welwyn Garden City AL8 6TA. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Welwyn Garden City conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 230 applications across Handside. 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 6TA
Application type
ESTATE MANAGEMENT TREES
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2026
Consultation expiry
18 April 2026
Consultation end
18 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
17 Crossway Welwyn Garden City AL8 7ED

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Emma Meadows

Additional information

UPRN
100080976328

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

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  1. 2026
    6 Mar

    1 x Eucalyptus to reduce to around 2m above ground level. Reduce down to leave a suitable framework for rose…

    This applicationApprovedTrees6/2026/0423/EMT
  2. 2026
    5 Mar

    T2 1 x Eucalyptus to reduce to around 2m above ground level. Reduce down to leave a suitable framework for…

    ApprovedTREES IN CONSERVATION AREAFiled alongside6/2026/0412/TC

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