Lemsford Mill Lemsford Village Lemsford Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TR Data via plota.co.uk

6/2026/1696/TC - TREES IN CONSERVATION AREA Under Consideration
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 - Ash Tree - Reduce by 3m T2 - Ash Tree - Reduce by 3m T3 - Poplar - Reduce by 3m Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 20 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 6 Nov 2026 and 16 Nov 2026, from Welwyn Hatfield's recent tree and landscaping works.

The consultation period closed on 23 Oct 2026.

Documents 2

Other documents 2

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf (236 kb) Document · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Lemsford Mill(3).pdf (96 kb) Document · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 11

Grade II listed: Lemsford Mill
List entry 1173499 · 4 m away · 9 more listed buildings within 150 m (9 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Public footpath 8 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Registered park or garden 29 m away: Brocket Hall
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Flood defence 1 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood); Inside the Welwyn Garden City built-up area; Priority habitat 35 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 24 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Welwyn Hatfield
Application type
TREES IN CONSERVATION AREA
Postcode
AL8 7TR
Received
25 Sept 2026
Validated
25 Sept 2026
Parish
Hatfield
Case officer
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Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
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Decision outlook

Day 33 of the 56-day target. Welwyn Hatfield usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 48.

Day 3323 days to the 56-day target
71%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
559decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Welwyn Hatfield in the last twelve months, from validation. Welwyn Hatfield decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
23 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

13 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
Replacement of non-illuminated signage with new company trading name
6/2023/2396/ADV
2023 Approved
Replacement of non-illuminated signage with new company trading name
6/2023/2396/ADV
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
39 Lemsford Village Lemsford Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TR
1 x Magnolia to reduce by approximately 1-1.5m in height and width. Remove deadwood. Thin…
6/2025/2283/TC
2025 Approved
39 Lemsford Village Lemsford Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TR
1 x Magnolia to reduce by approximately 1-1.5m in height and width. Remove deadwood. Thin…
6/2025/2283/TC
2025 Decided
Land adjacent to 42 Lemsford Village Lemsford Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TR
Construction of two new semi-detached dwellings with associated parking
6/2025/1228/FULL
2025 Decided
Land adjacent to 42 Lemsford Village Lemsford Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TR
Construction of two new semi-detached dwellings with associated parking
6/2025/1228/FULL
2025 Approved
41 Lemsford Village Lemsford Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TR
Erection of a first floor rear extension and replacement front dormer, and changes to the…
6/2025/0492/HOUSE
2025 Approved
41 Lemsford Village Lemsford Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TR
Erection of a first floor rear extension and replacement front dormer, and changes to the…
6/2025/0492/HOUSE
2022 Refused
Roebuck Farm Lemsford Village Lemsford AL8 7TW
Outline Application for the development of up to 33 dwellings (Use Class C3) together wit…
6/2022/1107/OUTLINE
2022 Refused
Roebuck Farm Lemsford Village Lemsford AL8 7TW
Outline Application for the development of up to 33 dwellings (Use Class C3) together wit…
6/2022/1107/OUTLINE
2018 Refused
53 Lemsford Village Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TR
Erection of single storey rear extension
6/2018/0323/HOUSE
2016 Approved
43 Lemsford Village, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7TR
Approval of details reserved by condition 2 (materials) on planning permission 6/2015/157…
6/2016/0368/COND
2016 Approved
43 Lemsford Village, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7TR
Approval of details reserved by condition 2 (materials) on planning permission 6/2015/157…
6/2016/0368/COND
Welwyn Hatfield
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#272 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Welwyn Hatfield is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #224 out of 296. 50% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (86%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
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Welwyn Hatfield decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #200 of 296
86%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #246 of 296
53%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #224 of 296
50%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #229 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
63 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
73%
Change of use approved
22 decided
633
Total decisions
87 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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