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.

Removals to be undertaken in June 2023

Town

Road

Closest Property

Species

Reason

Welwyn Garden City

Great Ley

56

Crab Apple x1

Poor health and condition

Welwyn

Hawbush Rise

14a

Purple plum x1

Poor structural condition

Hatfield

Lark Rise

1

Sea Buckthorn x1

Poor structural condition

Welwyn Garden City

Longcroft Lane

100

Silver birch x1

Poor structural condition

Welwyn Garden City

Picketts

Adj 4

Elm x1

Dead

Hatfield

Redhall Drive

r/o 24

Hawthorn x1

Dead

Welwyn Garden City

St Johns Valley / Kirklands

34

Silver birch x1

Dead

Welwyn Garden City

Waterbeach

22

Cherry x1

Dead

Ayot Green

Ayot Green

4 and The Cottage

Cherry x1

Horse Chestnut x1

Dead

Spiral fracture to stem

Welwyn Garden City

Hollybush Lane

Hatfield Hyde Cemetery

Purple plum x5

All in decline or dead

 

Removals to be undertaken in May 2023

Town  Road Closest Property Species Name Reason
Cuffley Bradgate  ADJ 15 Pine Poor structural condition
Cuffley Colesdale  32 Cherry In decline
Cuffley Colesdale  36 Rowan In decline
Cuffley Starling Lane  8 Crab apple In decline
Cuffley Starling Lane  15 Crab apple In decline
Cuffley Tolmers Road  170 Thorn Poor structural condition
Hatfield Downsfield  Rear 31-35 Rowan Dead
Hatfield Eagle Way  Adj 60 Field maple In decline
Welwyn Broomfield Road  34 Rowan Poor structural condition
Welwyn Wilshire Road  37 Purple-leaved plum In  decline
WGC Boundary Lane  78 Whitebeam Poor structural condition
WGC Chequers    Ash In decline
WGC Chequers  rear of LP14 Cherry Dead
WGC Corners  Adj 24-29 Cherry Poor structural condition
WGC Guessens Grove  Opp 2 Thorn Dead
WGC Handside Green  O/s 1 Purple-leaved plum Dead
WGC Herns Way  Adj 9 Pine Dead
WGC Hollybush Lane  90 Bay willow Dead
WGC Hollybush Lane  147 Holly Coppicing
WGC Hollybush Lane  149 Holly Coppicing
WGC Knightsfield  Adj 48 Horse chestnut Poor structural condition
WGC Leigh Common  10 Chestnut Poor structural condition
WGC Lemsford Lane    Purple-leaved plum Dead
WGC Maple Grove  O/s 63 Purple-leaved plum Poor structural condition
WGC Middlefield  O/s 33 Cherry Poor structural condition
WGC Mundells / Blackfan Road  Rear 63 Cherry In decline
WGC Raymonds Plain  O/s 20d Crab apple Poor structural condition
WGC Raymonds Plain  O/s 18d Crab apple Poor structural condition
WGC Rosedale  73 Purple-leaved plum Dead
WGC Swanhill  Opp 23 Whitebeam In decline
WGC The Paddocks  O/s 40 Rowan Poor structural condition
WGC The Paddocks    Sycamore Poor structural condition

 

Removals to be undertaken in April 2023

Town

Road

Closest Property

Species

Reason

Welwyn Garden City

Birds Close

13

Cherry x1

In decline

Welwyn Garden City

Broadwater Road

Opp 41

Cypress Oak x1

Dead

Hatfield

Cecil Crescent

Whitefield House

Holm Oak x1

Poor form

Welwyn Garden City

Chequers/Broadwater Road roundabout

Roundabout

Silver birch x1

Dead

Welwyn Garden City

Cowper Road

9

Cherry x1

Dead

Hatfield

French Horn Lane

Bank by Beaconsfield Road

Whitebeam x2

Elm x2

Self set young poplar x35

Dead

Dead

Unsuitable to retain

Welwyn

London Road

17

Holly x1

Dead

Welwyn Garden City

Longlands Road

39 and 14

Cherry x2

Dead and in decline

Hatfield

Millwards

77

Beech x1

Self-set

Welwyn Garden City

Monkswood

51

Hornbeam x1

Foxglove tree x1

Dead

Dead

Welwyn Garden City

Moss Green

28 and 13

Apple x1

Ash x1

Poor structural condition

Welwyn Garden City

Mundells/Blackfan Road

At junction

Poplar x1

Poor health

Welwyn Garden City

Oaktree Garth

Behind garages

Rowan x2

Dead

Hatfield

St Albans Road West

331

Whitebeam x1

Poor health and condition

Welwyn

Stuart Road

26

Crab apple x1

Poor structural condition

Welwyn Garden City

The Spinney

2-18

Ash x2

Implicated with subsidence claim

Welwyn Garden City

Upperfield Road

1 and 81

Cherry x1

 

Maple x1

Poor health and condition

Poor structural condition

Welwyn

Windsor Road

Kingsdale House

Cherry x1

Dead

Welwyn Garden City

Fallowfield

45

Ash x1

Self-set

Welwyn Garden City

Kingsley Court

29

Purple Plum x1

In decline

Hatfield

Link Drive

Town Park

Oak monolith x1

Basal decay

Welwyn Garden City

Northway

1

Cherry x1

Poor health and condition

Welwyn Garden City

Rosedale

34

Cherry x1

Poor structural condition

Welwyn Garden City

Duncan Close

21

Cherry x1

In decline

Welwyn Garden City

Golden Dell

21

Cherry x1

Poor health and condition

Welwyn Garden City

Haymeads

25

Purple plum x1

In decline

Hatfield

Heathcote Avenue

5

Cherry x1

Poor structural condition

Welwyn Garden City

Heronswood Road

222

Purple plum x1

In decline

Welwyn Garden City

Lemsford Lane

2 and 23

Hornbeam x1

Purple plum x2

In decline

In decline

Hatfield

Mount Pleasant Close

4

Hawthorn x2

Poor health and condition

Hatfield

Park Street

46

Elm x1

Dead

Welwyn Garden City

Stacklands

6

Cherry x1

Poor structural condition

Hatfield

Hilbury

1

Whitebeam x1

Poor structural condition

 

 

Removals to be undertaken in March 2023

Town

Road

Closest Property

Species

Reason

Welwyn Garden City

Gresley Close

47

Rowan x1

Failed at base

Welwyn Garden City

Moorend

7

Silver Birch x1

Poor structural condition

Welwyn Garden City

Handside Lane

Barn Theatre

Bullace x1

Self-set in unsuitable location

 

Removals to be undertaken in February 2023

Town

Road

Closest Property

Species

Reason

Welwyn Garden City

Handside Lane

137

Whitebeam x1

Poor health and condition

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