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Templewood Primary School Pentley Park Welwyn Garden City AL8 7SD

6/2026/0913/TCTREES IN CONSERVATION AREAApproved

Approved on 22 June 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

1 x Sycamore Tree - Fell to ground level, Tree is half dead in crown, Also has sooty bark Woodland Area - Kids Woodland play area

Received
21 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sherrards
  1. Received21 May
  2. Validated21 May
  3. Consult.26 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Jun

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Templewood Primary School Pentley Park Welwyn Garden City AL8 7SD. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. The site is in the Welwyn Garden City conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Sherrards. 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 7SD
Application type
TREES IN CONSERVATION AREA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 May 2026
Consultation expiry
26 May 2026
Consultation end
26 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
20 Kindersley Close Welwyn AL6 9RN

Additional information

UPRN
200003858193

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Welwyn Garden City
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Templewood SchoolOn this site
  • Green belt: Welwyn HatfieldPart of the site
  • SSSI: Sherrardspark Wood SSSIPart of the site
  • Ancient woodland: Sherrardspark WoodsPart of the site
  • Local nature reserve: Sherrardspark WoodPart of the site
  • 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 (16)

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, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national 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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