4 Handside Green Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SQ

This site has had 7 applications since 2021: 5 approved, 0 refused.

• 6/2026/1365/EMT Awaiting decision

  4 Handside Green Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SQ

  Reduction of dead branches to Pear tree, reduction in size and shaping to Magnolia tree and small reduction in size to ligustrum japonicum tree Ligustrum Japonicum tree – reduction 10% Magnolia tree – reduction 25% Pear tree – reduction 20%

  Submitted 3 Aug 2026 Trees
• 6/2023/0221/EMT Granted

  4 Handside Green Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SQ

  Crown reduction of Beech tree by 25%

  Decided 13 Mar 2023 Trees
• 6/2023/0215/TC Granted

  4 Handside Green Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SQ

  Crown reduction of Beech tree by 25%

  Decided 13 Mar 2023 Trees
• 6/2021/2177/TC Granted

  4 Handside Green Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SQ

  Reduction of 8m high beech tree growing in hedge to 2m, so that it is at hedge height.

  Decided 27 Aug 2021 Trees
• 6/2021/2186/EMT Granted

  4 Handside Green Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SQ

  Reduction of beech tree from 8m to 2m hedge height

  Decided 10 Sep 2021 Trees
• 6/2021/1861/COND Granted

  4 Handside Green Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SQ

  Submission of details pursuant to condition number 1 (sample materials) on planning permission 6/2021/0646/HOUSE.

  Decided 21 Jul 2021 Conditions

1. 3 Aug 2026

   Received by Welwyn Hatfield

2. 15 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 28 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.

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 45 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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• 4 Handside Green Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SQ

  6/2021/1861/COND Submitted 16 Jun 2021 0m away

  Submission of details pursuant to condition number 1 (sample materials) on planning permission 6/2021/0646/HOUSE.

  Granted Conditions
  Major scheme

• 4 Handside Green Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SQ

  6/2021/2177/TC Submitted 19 Jul 2021 0m away

  Reduction of 8m high beech tree growing in hedge to 2m, so that it is at hedge height.

  Granted Trees

• 4 Handside Green Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SQ

  6/2021/2186/EMT Submitted 19 Jul 2021 0m away

  Reduction of beech tree from 8m to 2m hedge height

  Granted Trees

• 4 Handside Green Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SQ

  6/2023/0221/EMT Submitted 30 Jan 2023 0m away

  Crown reduction of Beech tree by 25%

  Granted Trees

• 4 Handside Green Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SQ

  6/2026/1365/EMT Submitted 3 Aug 2026 0m away

  98% historically approved · decision due ~28 Sep

  Reduction of dead branches to Pear tree, reduction in size and shaping to Magnolia tree and small reduction in size to ligustrum japonicum tree Ligustrum Japonicum tree – reduction 10% Magnolia tree – reduction 25% Pear tree – reduction 20%

  Awaiting decision Trees

• 4 Handside Green Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SQ

  6/2023/0215/TC Submitted 30 Jan 2023 0m away

  Crown reduction of Beech tree by 25%

  Granted Trees

• 6/2026/1095/TPO Granted

  31 Parkside Welwyn AL6 9DQ

  T1 Goat Willow Pollard back to previous trimming points which is approx 3-4m off T2 Cedar Crown reduction by 2-3m approx back to previous pruning points

  24 Jun 2026 Trees
• 6/2026/1531/TPO Awaiting decision

  37 The Ridgeway Cuffley EN6 4BB

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

  2 Sep 2026 Trees
• 6/2026/1260/EMT Granted

  77 The Commons Welwyn Garden City AL7 4RZ

  Fell 1 dead Beech tree in rear garden.

  17 Jul 2026 Trees
• 6/2026/1271/TPO Granted

  33 Oaklands Rise Welwyn AL6 0RN

  Removal of dead hornbeam tree. (covered by TPO 673 (2017))

  20 Jul 2026 Trees
• 6/2026/0899/EMT Granted

  10 The Commons Welwyn Garden City AL7 4RP

  4 x conifer reduce to 6ft (1.8m) height. 3 x self set ash, fell & poison. 2 x self set sycamore, fell & poison

  20 May 2026 Trees