Planning application
85 Pentley Park Welwyn Garden City AL8 7SL
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Ground works and associated root pruning/ severance of T1 oak to facilitate installation of a root barrier 15m in length and 3.5m in depth.
As published by the council, reference 6/2026/1187/TC
Application record
- Reference
- 6/2026/1187/TC
- Type
- TREES IN CONSERVATION AREA
- Status
- Under Consideration
- Received
- 8 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 9 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Sherrards
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- AL8 7SL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Jul 2026
Received by Welwyn Hatfield
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9 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Welwyn Hatfield took a median of 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
What happens while it is decided
This application is with Welwyn Hatfield for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Welwyn Hatfield decided tree works applications in a median of 46 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About tree works applications
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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Great Dell Scout Hut Great Dell Welwyn Garden City AL8 7HY
Tree Safety Inspection reports lists the works to the trees
Withdrawn Trees -
Access Road North Off Great Dell to Great Dell Scout Hall Welwyn Garden City AL8 7HY
T4 Hawthorn to reduce by 4m. T5 & T6 Ash to fell. T7 Ash to fell. T8 Goat willow to remove hung up branches.
Granted Trees -
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8 Pitsfield Welwyn Garden City AL8 7SJ
Erection of a single storey rear extension and alterations to existing outbuilding and garage
Granted Householder ExtensionSmall domestic
Other tree works applications
In Welwyn Hatfield
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6/2026/1531/TPO Withdrawn
37 The Ridgeway Cuffley EN6 4BB
T1 English Oak (Quercus robur) ref T316 fell to ground level
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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
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6/2026/1254/EMT Granted
94 Parkway Welwyn Garden City AL8 6HL
1 x Hornbeam to reduce by approximately 3m height and width.
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6/2026/1256/TC Granted
94 Parkway Welwyn Garden City AL8 6HL
1 x Hornbeam to reduce by approx 3m height and width.
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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.