Bedwell End School Lane Essendon Herts AL9 6HL Data via plota.co.uk

6/2026/1892/TPO - WORKS TO TREES WITH TREE PRESERVATION ORDER Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

To fell a dangerous tree diagnosed with Sycamore Anthracnose leaning towards garage (TPO3 W4) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Oct 2026
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Validated
21 Oct 2026
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Approved
23 Oct 2026

Approved on 23 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 24 Oct 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice_620261892TPO.pdf (673 kb) Document · 23 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Delegated Report_620261892TPO(1).pdf (170 kb) Document · 23 Oct 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf (224 kb) Document · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Location Sketch.pdf (464 kb) Document · 20 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

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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Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland
A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Conservation area 4 m away: Essendon
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Essendon built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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
WORKS TO TREES WITH TREE PRESERVATION ORDER
Postcode
AL9 6HL
Received
20 Oct 2026
Validated
21 Oct 2026
Parish
Essendon
Case officer
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Decision
Granted
Decision date
23 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 2 days from validation, 46 days faster than Welwyn Hatfield's median of 48 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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 →

Historical activity at this location

4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved
Bedwell End School Lane Essendon Hatfield AL9 6HL
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6/2021/3460/TPO
2021 Approved
Bedwell End School Lane Essendon Hatfield AL9 6HL
T1 Ash by sub station- reduce back to previous pruning points approx 4 M (to redress lean…
6/2021/3460/TPO
2020 Approved
Bedwell End School Lane Essendon Hatfield AL9 6HL
Fell 1 x Sycamore Tree (T1) (TPO Woodland G1)
6/2020/1526/TPO
2020 Approved
Bedwell End School Lane Essendon Hatfield AL9 6HL
Fell 1 x Sycamore Tree (T1) (TPO Woodland G1)
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Welwyn Hatfield
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#272 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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