Welwyn Hatfield Council

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990

CONSERVATION AREA DESIGNATION

Notice is hereby given that the above Council has authorised the designation of the “Beehive” area, Welwyn Garden City, as a Conservation Area, with effect from 15th September 1999.
The Conservation Area encompasses an area of Welwyn Garden City, which was developed following the town’s designation as a New Town in 1947. It is an area which exhibits particularly fine examples of the “Garden City” characteristics. The Conservation Area includes Aldock, Beehive Green, Beehive Lane, Graysfield, part of Hall Grove, Hillside, part of the west side of Howlands, Moorend, Moorlands, Moorside, Sheepcote, Sweet Briar, The Jinnings, The Limes, The Pastures, Thumbswood and 49 and 58 Marley Road.
The designation of this area as a Conservation Area requires the Council and the Secretary of State for the Environment to pay special attention to the character and appearance of this area when exercising their powers of planning control. With very few exceptions, buildings within a Conservation Area may not be demolished except with the consent of the Local Planning Authority. Again, in most cases, trees may not be topped, lopped, felled, up-rooted or wilfully damaged or destroyed unless 6 weeks’ notice of the proposed action has been given to the Local Planning Authority.
A plan showing the extent of the Conservation Area can be inspected between the hours of 8.45 a.m. and 5.15 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 8.45 a.m. and 4.45 p.m. on Friday at the Planning Department, Council Offices, The Campus, Welwyn Garden City.
C. J. Conway, Chief Planning Officer