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5 The Orchard Welwyn Garden City AL8 7PL

6/2026/1356/EMTESTATE MANAGEMENT TREESApproved

Approved on 2 October 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 x Ash to reduce by approximately 4m in height and 3m in width Tree has been historically heavily reduced with regrowth large and over extended in places. Neighbours side recently cut back and recent limb failure. Reduction is to re balance canopy both structurally and aesthetically

Received
31 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sherrards
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.2 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 The Orchard Welwyn Garden City AL8 7PL. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. 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 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 7PL
Application type
ESTATE MANAGEMENT TREES
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2026
Consultation expiry
2 September 2026
Consultation end
2 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
17 Crossway Welwyn Garden City AL8 7ED

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Emma Meadows

Additional information

UPRN
100080985757

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    31 Jul

    1 x Ash to reduce by approx 4m in height and 3m in width

    ApprovedTREES IN CONSERVATION AREAFiled alongside6/2026/1353/TC
  2. 2026
    31 Jul

    1 x Ash to reduce by approximately 4m in height and 3m in width Tree has been historically heavily reduced…

    This applicationApprovedTrees6/2026/1356/EMT

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