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Great Big Green Week is returning – get involved!

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council is encouraging local groups to take part in Great Big Green Week, the UK’s biggest celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature.

Published: 14th April 2025

• Welwyn Hatfield awarded Tree City of the World status for 5th year running!

  Welwyn Hatfield has been awarded Tree City of the World recognition for 2023 for the fifth consecutive year!

  Published: 8th March 2024

  

•  Hatfield Public Spaces Protection Order consultation reminder

  WHBC would like to remind residents and businesses that the consultations on the two Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) for Hatfield town centre and Hilltop Way/High View are still live.

  Published: 7th March 2024

  

• Welwyn Hatfield Biodiversity Photography Competition

  Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, in partnership with the WGC BID are excited to announce a biodiversity photography competition.

  Published: 5th March 2024

  

• WHBC invites you to honour your mothers and mother figures at Oak Hill’s Mother’s Day Memorial Service

  Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (WHBC) invites you to join a special Mother's Day Memorial Service at Oak Hill Lawn Cemetery and Crematorium on Saturday 9 March 2024 at 11am.

  Published: 29th February 2024

  

• Site visit at Swallowfields temporary accommodation is completed

  A special site visit took place on Friday (23 February) of the nearly completed temporary accommodation at Swallowfields in Welwyn Garden City.

  Published: 26th February 2024

  

• Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council secures £35,000 fine against landowner for planning breach

  Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (WHBC) has successfully prosecuted a landowner for failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice.

  Published: 21st February 2024

  

• Wenta and Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council Celebrate Partnership

  This Valentine's Week marks a milestone in the journey towards sustainability for businesses in the borough, as Wenta and Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council join hands in their partnership, Action Zero.

  Published: 16th February 2024

  

• ​ Upper-Tier Tribunal success for council against landlord

  ​Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council has successfully defended two Civil Penalty Notices (CPNs) at Upper Tribunal that it served on a landlord who had breached safety regulations.

  Published: 12th February 2024

  

• Cabinet approves budget for 2024-25

  On 5 February 2024, Full Council discussed and approved the budget and business plan for 2024-25.

  Published: 7th February 2024

  

• Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council plants 31 trees across five community orchard sites

  The council’s latest community tree planting event in the borough took place on 25 January 2024.

  Published: 5th February 2024