Trees maintained by the council

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	Reason
Welwyn Garden City	Hollybush Lane	Garages behind 24	Elder x1	Unsuitable location posing obstruction
Hatfield	Highlands	3	Poplar x1	Poor structural condition
Welwyn Garden City	Bushey Ley	Rear of 57	Poplar x2	Insurance claim
Welwyn Garden City	Heronswood Road	131	Ash x1	Self set in unsuitable location
Welwyn Garden City	Thistle Grove	Rear of 123	Oak x1	Structural defects including a cavity and split in the trunk.
Welwyn	Great North Road	Side of 19 Dicket Mead, in treebelt	Thorn x2 Crab apple x3 Sycamore x3	Concerns from the police's Safer Neighbourhood Team regarding anti-social behaviour
Welwyn	Church Street	Rear of Carleton Rise	Cherry x2 Maple x1	Concerns from the police's Safer Neighbourhood Team regarding anti-social behaviour
Welwyn Garden City	Hollybush Lane	Cemetery	Purple plum x1	Storm damage
Hatfield	Ely Close	50	Purple plum x1	Dead
Cuffley	Highfields	Opposite 4	Cherry x1	Storm damaged
Welwyn Garden City	Howlands	451	Birch x1	Poor health and structural condition
Hatfield	Meadowcroft	33-43	Field maple x1	Storm damage
Hatfield	Newstead	3	Holm Oak x1	Unsuitable location for long term retention
Welwyn Garden City	The Spinney	2	Maple x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	The Vineyard	76	Cherry x1	Poor health and condition
Welwyn Garden City	Uplands	13	Cherry x1	tbc