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1 Church Lane Northaw Potters Bar EN6 4NX

6/2026/0688/TCTREES IN CONSERVATION AREAApproved

Approved on 18 May 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

A - Trees & shrubs in front garden property boundary with 3 Church lane - trim back trees & shrubs to property boundary & crown reduction of Plum trees to eaves level of 3 Church Lane. B - Tall Conifer, crown reduction by at least 25% or at most to eaves level of 3 Church Lane. C - Shrubbery on boundary with 3 Church lane, south of Conifer, reduction in height to fence level.

Received
17 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Northaw and Cuffley
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Church Lane Northaw Potters Bar EN6 4NX. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. The site is in the Northaw Village conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 98 applications across Northaw and Cuffley. We hold 3,353 applications in total for the EN6 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
EN6 4NX
Application type
TREES IN CONSERVATION AREA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Northaw and Cuffley

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2026
Consultation expiry
29 April 2026
Consultation end
29 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Church Lane Northaw Potters Bar EN6 4NX

Additional information

UPRN
100080968863

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Northaw VillagePart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 8, Vineyards RoadOn or next to this site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    17 Apr

    A - Trees & shrubs in front garden property boundary with 3 Church lane - trim back trees & shrubs to…

    This applicationApprovedTrees6/2026/0688/TC
  2. 2026
    13 Apr

    T1 Yew crown lift to 2m over rear garden of 1 Church Lane. (covered by TPO826 (2018) T1)

    ApprovedTreesFiled alongside6/2026/0643/TPO

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