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Claregate Thornton Road Little Heath Potters Bar EN6 1BY

6/2026/0947/TPOWORKS TO TREES WITH TREE PRESERVATION ORDERRefused

Refused on 7 September 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 & T2 Ash to reduce lateral and vertical growth by 2.0-3.0 M approx (trees are beginning to damage the floor and are too close to the wall). T3 Pine to reduce back overhanging branches by 2 M approx on the flats side of the tree (overhanging roof and balcony causing damage to the balcony floor as the birds are sitting on the branches and their droppings are damaging the balcony floor and the furnitures. The Pine cones and needles also make the balcony impossible to walk on, & light restriction into flats). T4 Sycamore to reduce back by 2.0 M approx on the flats side of the tree, to clear the roof (overhanging roof). G1 Mixed species group of mainly Sycamores and Limes to lift over pavement and road to clear by 5.0 , only over the highway (overhanging road side). G2 Row of limes to thin by 15% (Thin by 15% to allow more light penetration and the growth of understorey shrubs). T5 Pine to cut back by 1.0- 2.0 M on the flats side (to clear flats). Covered by TPO 683

Received
29 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brookmans Park & Little Heath
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.24 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Sep

Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Claregate Thornton Road Little Heath Potters Bar EN6 1BY. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 weeks longer than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Brookmans Park & Little Heath. We hold 3,356 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 1BY
Application type
WORKS TO TREES WITH TREE PRESERVATION ORDER
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Mymms

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2026
Consultation expiry
24 June 2026
Consultation end
24 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Studio House Delamare Road Cheshunt EN8 9SH

Planning decision

Case officer
Ms Miriam Hill

Additional information

UPRN
10024370582

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    23 Sep

    Remove 1 x Ash lateral branch (T1) Fell 1 x Ash to near ground (T2)

    ApprovedTrees6/2025/2035/TPO

Source: Welwyn Hatfield

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