48 Birchall Wood Welwyn Garden City AL7 2HL

1. 7 May 2026

   Received by Welwyn Hatfield

2. 13 May 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 24 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. 7 Sep 2026

   Decision issued: Granted

Welwyn Hatfield granted permission on 7 September 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 51 Birchall Wood Welwyn Garden City AL7 2HL

  6/2026/0999/HOUSE Submitted 8 Jun 2026 0.1 miles away

  Erection of two storey front extension

  Granted Householder Extension
  Domestic

• 43 Cypress Avenue Welwyn Garden City AL7 1HN

  6/2021/1190/HOUSE Submitted 13 Apr 2021 0.1 miles away

  Single storey rear extension and garage conversion

  Granted Householder Extension
  Small domestic

• Street Record Birchall Wood Welwyn Garden City AL7 2HL

  6/2022/2866/TPO Submitted 19 Dec 2022 0.1 miles away

  T771: 1 x Hornbeam coppice to ground level. T775: 1 x Ash coppice to ground level. T770, T795, & T796: 3 x Hornbeam coppice to ground level. (See Arboricultural Assessment Report for more detail) All covered by TPO 691 (2017).

  Granted Trees

• 19 Birchall Wood Welwyn Garden City AL7 2HL

  6/2023/0180/HOUSE Submitted 25 Jan 2023 0.1 miles away

  Erection of part single and part two storey rear extension. Single storey front extension, including porch canopy to side, following removal of existing canopy and alterations to window openings to side and front elevations

  Refused Householder Extension Windows or glazing
  Small domestic

• 37 Ramblers Way Welwyn Garden City AL7 2JU

  6/2026/0671/TPO Submitted 15 Apr 2026 0.1 miles away

  G1 5-6 Ash trees (to the rear of 37 Ramblers Way) to pollard all the trees along the fence line by 50%. (Covered by TPO 878 (2023))

  Refused Trees
  Small domestic

• 87 Great Ganett Welwyn Garden City AL7 3DD

  6/2021/2095/EMT Submitted 9 Jul 2021 0.1 miles away

  Reduce 1 x Oak by 2.5m

  Granted Trees

• 6/2026/1531/TPO Withdrawn

  37 The Ridgeway Cuffley EN6 4BB

  T1 English Oak (Quercus robur) ref T316 fell to ground level

  Received 2 Sep, published by the council 7 Sep 2026 Trees
• 6/2026/1236/EMT Granted

  30 Coneydale Welwyn Garden City AL8 7RZ

  Reduction by 40% of Oak tree (T5) Reduction of the Holly hedge (T8) to 8 feet high

  Received 14 Jul, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Trees
• 6/2026/1254/EMT Granted

  94 Parkway Welwyn Garden City AL8 6HL

  1 x Hornbeam to reduce by approximately 3m height and width.

  Received 16 Jul, published by the council 26 Jul 2026 Trees
• 6/2026/1256/TC Granted

  94 Parkway Welwyn Garden City AL8 6HL

  1 x Hornbeam to reduce by approx 3m height and width.

  Received 16 Jul, published by the council 26 Jul 2026 Trees
• 6/2026/0953/TPO Granted

  14 Birch Grove Welwyn AL6 0QP

  T1-T10 Hornbeam to repollard back to previous pollard points roughly 3m cut back to main trunk. T11-T15 Hornbeam to cut back by 1.5m boundary of all branches overhanging rear boundary.

  Received 1 Jun, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Trees