Welwyn Hatfield
Welwyn Hatfield/6/2025/1709/TPO
Digswell Place South Lodge Rectory Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7SU
- Reference
- Welwyn Hatfield/6/2025/1709/TPO
- Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Application type
- WORKS TO TREES WITH TREE PRESERVATION ORDER
- Address
- Digswell Place South Lodge Rectory Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7SU
- Postcode
- AL8 7SU
- Status
- Decided - Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 11 Aug 2025
- Started
- 11 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 14 Oct 2025
- Source council
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Council source record
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- Public data licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Record updated
- 9 Jul 2026
- SEO index generated
- 24 Jul 2026
Location
Approximate location
Proposal
T1 - 1 x Sweet Chestnut to remove. Heavy decay around base. Leaning form G1 - Holly and Elm to remove to ground level. Elms are now declining, Hollies are becoming invasive and preventing ground regeneration of natural woodland species G2 - Ash saplings to remove to ground level. Group of self set leaning trees G3 - Holly, Sycamore and Laurel to remove to ground level. Dense, invasive trees preventing light to the garden and regeneration of native woodland species. T2 - Oak to reduce lateral branches over garden area by around 2m. To allow more light into rear of the garden and shorten overlong branches. T3 - Oak to reduce upper canopy lateral branches by around 1.5m to balance canopy shape and allow more light into the rear of the garden T4 - Oak to reduce lateral branches over shrub bed area, to allow more natural light to smaller trees and shrubs below T5 - Cherry to reduce by 1.5m height and width. To retain suitable size tree for location TPO 194
Key dates
- Received 11 Aug 2025
- Started 11 Aug 2025
- Decided 14 Oct 2025
Planning history / related applications
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