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Bedwell End School Lane Essendon Hatfield AL9 6HL

6/2026/1972/TPOWORKS TO TREES WITH TREE PRESERVATION ORDERApproved

Approved on 13 November 2026

Council decision: Granted

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

Proposal

Fell 5 Sycamores trees along the boundary of the woodland along School Lane to be felled as they are diseased and dangerous on a residential road with a primary school and one end and a village hall in almost constant use opposite, marked 1 on the attached plan. Fell 5 Sycamore trees the other end of the woodland adjoining 2 new properties, marked 2 on the plan.

Received
29 October 2026
Ward
Brookmans Park & Little Heath
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated5 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 8 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Bedwell End School Lane Essendon Hatfield AL9 6HL. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 27 applications of this type. This one was decided in 8 days, 7 weeks quicker 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 278 applications in total for the AL9 postcode area.

92% of works to trees with tree preservation order 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
AL9 6HL
Application type
WORKS TO TREES WITH TREE PRESERVATION ORDER
Parish
Essendon

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Bedwell End School Lane (track on right) Essendon AL9 6HL

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.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

© 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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