Digswell Lodge, Digswell Rise, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NU
Approved on 11 September 2014
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Reduction of crown by 30% and lifting of crown by 3-3.6 metres over road and 2.4-3 metres on garden side of Beech Tree covered by TPO388 T1
- Received
- 17 July 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Sherrards
- ReceivedReceived17 Jul
- ValidatedValidated17 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided11 Sep
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Digswell Lodge, Digswell Rise, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NU. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Welwyn Garden City conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 7NU
- Application type
- WORKS TO TREES WITH TREE PRESERVATION ORDER
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 July 2014
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Digswell Lodge (No1) Management Company 1 Digswell Lodge Welwyn Garden City AL8 7NU
Additional information
- UPRN
- 10024370511
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202614 Jul
Reconstruction of garden wall
ApprovedListed building consent6/2026/1237/LB - 201519 Nov
Reduce height of Chestnut tree by 4m and sides by 3m, crown thin Oak tree by by 30 per cent, remove 2 lowest…
WithdrawnESTATE MANAGEMENT TREES6/2015/2344/EM - 201417 Jul
Non material amendment following approval of planning permission N6/2007/0987/MA
ApprovedNon-material amendmentN6/2014/1614/NM
Source: Welwyn Hatfield
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