Planning application
6 Oak Piece Welwyn AL6 0XE
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 - 1 x Hornbeam (front garden) to fell to ground level, G1 - 7 x Hornbeam (front garden) to reduce by 2m in height and 1.2m in width (to prune back to previous), T3 - 1 x Oak (rear garden) to reduce by height reduction of 2m and a lateral reduction of 2m, and T4 - 1 x Hornbeam (rear garden) to fell to ground level.
As published by the council, reference 6/2023/0395/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 6/2023/0395/TPO
- Type
- WORKS TO TREES WITH TREE PRESERVATION ORDER
- Status
- Decided - Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 20 Feb 2023
- Validated
- 20 Feb 2023
- Decided
- 26 Apr 2023
- Ward
- Welwyn West
- Parish
- Welwyn
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL6 0XE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Feb 2023
Received by Welwyn Hatfield
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26 Apr 2023
Decision issued: Granted
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31 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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8 Oak Piece Welwyn AL6 0XE
T1 Oak, to remove the first three branches from ground level over the road and near the lamp column, remove the first branch from ground level over the drive and garage and remove the first branch from ground level over the neighbouring garden. To thin the remaining crown by 15%. T2 Sweet Chestnut, to reduce the crown by 20% to reshape. Reason, to remove obstruction to the highway and balance the remaining lower crown and to reduce the overall volume of the crown without reducing its size for the oak tree. To rebalance the sweet chestnut crown.
Granted Trees -
8 Oak Piece Welwyn AL6 0XE
Sweet Chestnut tree: under TPO 534, marked as T2 Remove Tree as it's technically dead (assessed by Ashley Grey of Ashley Trees)
Granted Trees -
18 Great North Road Welwyn AL6 0PS
T1 - Sweet Chestnut tree - Fell one dead sweet Chestnut tree to ground level
Granted Trees -
8 Bluebells Welwyn AL6 0XD
98% historically approved · decision due ~8 Oct
TPO 639 (2017) - Trim two Hornbeam Trees by 25 to 30%
Awaiting decision Trees -
8 Bluebells Welwyn AL6 0XD
Two Hornbeam trees in the back garden of property one to the right and one to the left are cut back every two years by 25 to 30% by tree surgeon TPO 639
Granted Trees -
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