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Programmed tree removal

Sometimes it is necessary to remove trees that are dead, dying or have significant structural weaknesses. Our removal programme is shown below.

Town	Road	Closest Property	Species	Work description
Hatfield	Haltside	Rear 10	Cherry	Poor structural condition
Hatfield	Minster Close		Birch	Poor structural condition
Hatfield	South Way	///snow.scuba.heat	Norway maple	Poor structural condition
Hatfield	South Way	CEMETERY	Birch	Poor structural condition
WGC	Brooms Close	o/s176	Cherry	Advanced decline
WGC	Douglas Way	O/s 10	Cherry	Advanced decline
WGC	Fallowfield	O/s 9	Cherry	In decline
WGC	Guessens Grove	O/s 47-60	Cherry	Partially fallen over
WGC	Handside Lane	opp 14 Barn Close	Sycamore	Poor structural condition
WGC	Hempstall	11	Service tree	Implicated in subsidence case
WGC	Hyde Valley	Hanover House	Crab apple	In decline
WGC	Hyde Valley	Hanover House	Crab apple	In decline
WGC	Lemsford Lane	Adj 78	Birch	In decline
WGC	Lemsford Lane	Adj 38	Thorn	In decline
WGC	Little Lake	4	Crab apple	Poor structural condition
WGC	Margery Wood	O/s 40	Cherry	In decline
WGC	New Wood	O/s 39-45	Cherry	Poor structural condition
WGC	Northway	Rear 1	Cherry	Poor structural condition
WGC	Nursery Hill	o/s 74 nursery hill	Ash	Poor structural condition
WGC	Stanborough Green	88	Cherry	Poor structural condition
WGC	Stanborough Road		Birch	Dead
WGC	Stanborough Road	NR SUB-STATION	Sweet gum	In decline
WGC	Stanborough Road	NR SUB-STATION	Sweet gum	In decline
WGC	Stanborough Road	NR SUB-STATION	Cherry	In decline
WGC	Stanborough Road	NR SUB-STATION	Cherry	In decline
WGC	The Campus	behind campus west	Hornbeam	Inappropriate location
WGC	The Campus	behind campus west	Hornbeam	Inappropriate location
WGC	Viaduct Way	Rear 2	Mountain ash	In decline
WGC	Viaduct Way	Rear 2	Mountain ash	In decline

Removals to be undertaken in September 2022

Town	Road	Closest Property	Species	Reason
Welwyn Garden City	Blythway	R/o 8	Cherry x1	Self set in unsuitable location
Welwyn Garden City	Howlands	345	Poplar x1 Purple Plum x1	Dead Poor structural condition
Welwyn Garden City	Nursery Hill	r/o 16	Rowan x1	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Peartree Close	8	Sycamore x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Ramblers Way	9	Whitebeam x1	In decline
Welwyn Garden City	Smallcroft	1	Crab Apple x1	In decline
Welwyn Garden City	Swallow End	2	Hawthorn x3	Dead
Hatfield	Swallow Gardens	Allotment Gardens	Ash x1	Self set, unsuitable to retain.
Welwyn Garden City	Viaduct Way	r/o 2	Rowan x1	Poor health and condition
Hatfield	Wellfield Road	r/o 30	Sycamore	In decline
Welwyn Garden City	Woodhall Lane	53	Silver birch x1 Upright Beech x1	Poor health and condition Died, self-set rooted with poor form
Welwyn Garden City	Harwood Hill	137	Beech	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Bridge Road	Hunters Bridge Carpark	Lombardy Poplar x1	Poor health and condition
Hatfield	Cavendish Way	55	Liquidamber x1	Poor structural condition
Hatfield	Days Mead	14-22 50-58	Hawthorn x2	In decline Dead
Hatfield	Honeysuckle Gardens	Rear of garages	Sycamore x1 Elder x1 False Acacia x2	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Knella Green	2	Cherry x1	In decline
Hatfield	Longmead	98	Cherry x1	Poor health and condition
Hatfield	Oxlease Drive	Garages of Lamb Close	Sycamore x1	Poor structural condition
Hatfield	Poplars Avenue	2	Cherry x1	Poor structural condition
Hatfield	Talbot Road	18	Sycamore x1	In decline
Hatfield	Travellers Lane	134	Poplar x1	Poor structural condition
Hatfield	Allen Court	3	Whitebeam x1	Poor structural condition
Welwyn Garden City	Cherry Croft	17	Cherry x1	In decline
Hatfield	Foxhollows	17	Hawthorn x1	In decline
Welwyn Garden City	Haymeads	4 Opp 67	Cherry x2 Ash x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Ingles	9	Cherry x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Knella Road	273	Willow x1	Poor structural condition
Welwyn Garden City	Monkswood	59	Holly x1	Self set
Hatfield	Wellfield Road	Corner of Wrafton House	Poplar x1	Poor structural condition
Welwyn Garden City	Caponfield	1 Desborough Close	Elm x1	Dead
Welwyn	Footpath 29	12	Yew x1	Poor structural condition
Welwyn Garden City	Barnfield Road	1	Tree of Heaven x1	Poor health and condition

Removals to be undertaken in August 2022

Town	Road	Closest property	Species	Reason
Welwyn Garden City	Athelstan Walk North	37	Rowan x1	In decline
Welwyn Garden City	Bridge Road	Opp Rosanne House	Ash x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Cowslips	8	Horse Chestnut x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Creswick Court	10	Almond x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Greenacres	13	Purple plum x1	Poor health and structural condition
Welwyn Garden City	Haldens	r/o 50	Purple plum x1	In decline
Welwyn Garden City	High Oaks Road	36	Bird cherry x1	In decline
Cuffley	Hill Rise	61	Silver birch x1	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Hollybush Lane	Hatfield Hyde cemetery	Purple plum x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Homestead Lane	106	Horse chestnut x1	Poor health and condition
Hatfield	Honeysuckle Gardens	18	Rowan x1	Poor structural condition
Hatfield	Howe Dell	r/o 7	Cherry x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Howlands	116 & 154	Apple x1 & Cherry x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Knella Road	Adj 10 Pollards Close	Cherry x1	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Lincoln Close	Adj 8	Ash x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Peartree Lane	s/o 143	Wild plum x1	Self set, unsuitable to retain
Welwyn Garden City	Raymonds Plain	50	Purple plum x1	Dead
Hatfield	Redhall Close	Adj to Sub station	Sycamore x1	Self set, unsuitable to retain
Welwyn Garden City	Uplands	Opp 2 Holly Walk	Cherry x1	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Wheatley Close	Opp 13	Purple plum x1	In decline
Woolmer Green	Wickfield Close	r/o 28	Rowan x1	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Woodhall Court	o/s 26	Cherry x1	Dead

Removals to be undertaken in July 2022

Town	Road	Closest property	Species	Reason
Hatfield	Birchwood Close	5/7	Cherry	Dead
Hatfield	Hazel Grove	Hazel Grove House	Sycamore	Re-sprouting stump
Hatfield	Oxlease Drive	1 Honeysuckle Gardens	2 x Willow-leafed pear	Poor condition
Hatfield	Deerswood Avenue	92 and 32 (Hare Lane)	Crab Apple and Ash	In decline
Hatfield	Eagle Way	54	Silver Birch	Structural weakness
Hatfield	Elm Drive	9	Ash	Decay
Hatfield	Goldings Crescent	41	Hornbeam	Dead
Hatfield	Primrose Close	4	Ash	Self-set
Hatfield	St Albans Road West	Opp 337	1 x Prunus and 1 x Hawthorn	Poor Condition
Welwyn Garden City	Cole Green Lane	Woodhall House	Cherry	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Harwood Hill	157	Silver Birch	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Haynes Close	35	2 x Silver Birch	Dead and in decline
Welwyn Garden City	Heronswood Road	258	Prunus	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Ingles	98	Magnolia	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Knella Road	2	Purple leafed plum	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Little Thistle	47/49 and 95	Cherry and silver birch	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Longlands Road	6	Cherry	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Grove Meadows	r/o 43	Cypresses	Poor condition
Welwyn Garden City	Sewells	Adj. harwood hill	2 x Cherry	Poor Condition
Welwyn Garden City	The Cloisters	Adj. electric sub station	Willow	Damaging wall
Welwyn Garden City	The Paddocks	27	Crab Apple	Poor Condition
Welwyn Garden City	Amwell Common	8	Whitebeam	In decline
Welwyn Garden City	Great Break	33	Crab Apple	Poor Condition
Welwyn Garden City	Great Ganett	91	Purple leafed plum	Poor Condition
Welwyn Garden City	The Paddocks	Paddocks House	Oak	Poor Condition
Digswell	Hertford Road	Forge Orchard	Cherry	Dead
Welwyn	Welwyn-by-pass	By path to Hertford Road	Hawthorn	Structural weakness

Removals to be undertaken in June 2022

Town	Road	Closest Property	Species	Reason
Welwyn Garden City	Birdcroft Road	1	Silver Birch x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Brooms Close	Opp 170 Harwood Hill	Elm x7	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Cloverfield	5 and 17	Cherry x2	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Crossway	Opp 21	Unknown x1	Dead specimen
Welwyn Garden City	Daniells	Adj 148	Ash x1 Elder x1	Self sets in alley, unsuitable location to retain
Welwyn Garden City	Dawley	44	False Acacia x1	Poor structural condition
Welwyn	Great North Road	Orchard Cottage	Cherry x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Guessens Grove	1	Purple plum x1	Historic damage resulting in poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Guessens Road	36 and 50	Mountain ash x2	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Hollybush Lane	Hatfield Hyde Cemetery	Purple plum x2 Lime x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Lanefield Walk	1-15	Purple plum x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Linkfield	18	Crab apple x1	Poor structural condition
Welwyn Garden City	Longcroft Gardens	r/o 29	Willow x1	Poor health and condition
Hatfield	Longmead	r/o 50	Cherry x1 Elder x1	Poor health and condition
Hatfield	Millwards	92	Foxglove tree x1	Young specimen failed to establish
Welwyn Garden City	Oakdale	8	Weeping willow x2	Storm damage to two both trees, unsuitable to retain
Welwyn Garden City	The Reeds	R/o 16	Crab apple x1	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Wheatley Road	69	Silver birch x1	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Lady Grove	10	Hawthorn 1	Poor health and condition
Hatfield	Chennells	16	Pear x1	Regrowth from felled stump
Hatfield	Comet Road	Opp 24	Purple plum x1	Poor health and condition
Hatfield	Link Drive	Town Park	Sycamore x2	Poor structural condition
Hatfield	Oldings Corner	Space behind retail units	Lime x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Greenacres	5	Purple plum x1	Poor structural condition
Hatfield	Heron Way	By garages	Elm x1	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Howlands	520 & 345-351	Hawthorn x2	In decline
Welwyn Garden City	Kingsley Court	55	Hawthorn	In decline
Hatfield	The Sidings	r/o 9	False Acacia x1	Poor structural condition