2 High Road Essendon Hatfield AL9 6HW

6/2026/1955/TCTREES IN CONSERVATION AREAAwaiting decision

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Fell 1 x Sycamore tree affected by sooty bark disease and leaning towards garage. Remove upper branches of 1 x dead Oak tree. Fell 1 x dead Fir/Pine tree

Received: 27 October 2026
Council: Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
Ward: Brookmans Park & Little Heath

ReceivedReceived27 Oct
ValidatedValidated27 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at 2 High Road Essendon Hatfield AL9 6HW. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 48 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Essendon conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Brookmans Park & Little Heath. We hold 277 applications in total for the AL9 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode: AL9 6HW
Application type: TREES IN CONSERVATION AREA
Parish: Essendon

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Ms Louise Wileman

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Essendon
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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Welwyn Hatfield

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