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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.

Removals to be undertaken in January 2023

Town	Road	Closest property	Species	Reason
Brookmans Park	Peplins Way	69	Crab Apple x1	Structural damage following vehicle impact
Welwyn Garden City	Bridge Road East	Adj 64-68	Ash x1	Self-set in unsuitable location
Welwyn Garden City	College Way	To rear of campus east lower carpark	Ash x2	In decline
Welwyn Garden City	Heronswood Road	Rear of 81-89	Swedish Whitebeam x1	In decline
Welwyn Garden City	Home Meadow	21	Cypress x3	In decline
Welwyn Garden City	Lemsford Lane	114	Whitebeam x1	Poor structural condition
Welwyn Garden City	Longlands Road	4	Cherry x1	In decline
Welwyn Garden City	Panshanger Drive	Rear of 12-16	Cherry x1	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Shortlands Green	Adj 87	Norway Maple x1	Basal decay and in decline
Welwyn Garden City	The Firs	Rear of 11-14	Ash x1	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Westfield	Rear of flats 1-37	Cypress x1 Cherry x1	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Oaken Grove	13	Lime x1	In decline
Welham Green	Gould Close	Rear of flats 33-55	Rowan x1	Dead
Brookmans Park	Moffatts	5	Purple Plum x1	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Pippens	Adj 22	Maple x2	Dead

Removals to be undertaken in November and December 2022

Town	Road	Closest property	Species	Reason
Welwyn Garden City	Woodland Rise	39	Oak x1	Implicated in a subsidence claim
Hatfield	Birchwood Close	4	Cherry x1	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Blythway	185	Crab apple x1	Poor health and condition
Welham Green	Bushwood Close	5	Cherry x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Dalewood	9-19	Self set cherry and ash	Unsuitable location for retention
Welwyn Garden City	Heayfields	5 and 60	Upright cherry x1 Mountain ash x1	In decline Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Ingles	1	Crab apple x1	In decline
Welwyn Garden City	Kelbys	4	Mountain ash x1	Dead
Welwyn Garden City	Longlands Road	23 & 27	Cherry x2	Poor health and condition and dead
Welwyn Garden City	New Wood	23-31	Cotoneaster x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Parkfields	17	Cherry x1	Poor structural condition
Hatfield	Wellfeld Close	By bin shed	Ash x2	Self sets in unsuitable locations
Welwyn Garden City	Widford Road	21	Ash x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Sherrardspark Road	16	Oak x1	In decline
Welwyn Garden City	Woodland Rise	61	Silver birch x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Grove Meadow	43	Lawson cypress x2	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Woodhall Court	27	Hornbeam x1	Poor health and condition
Hatfield	Grove Lea	2	Hornbeam x1	Poor health and structural condition
Welwyn Garden City	Birdcroft Road	Health centre	Hawthorn x1	Poor structural condition
Welwyn Garden City	College Way	Campus east lower carpark	Pine x1 Cherry x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Hall Grove	53	Hawthorn x1	In decline
Welwyn Garden City	Ridgeway	Opp Weltech Centre	Sweet chestnut x1	In decline
Welwyn Garden City	The Campus	Rear of council offices	Oak x1	Poor health and structural condition
Welwyn Garden City	Watchmead	Opp unit 2	Cherry x2	In decline and dead
Welwyn Garden City	The Vineyard	Adj 51	Mixed species	Self sets in unsuitable location

Removals to be undertaken in October 2022

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