Our achievements
At Welwyn Hatfield we are passionate about caring for our environment, tackling climate change, and providing safe and pleasant green spaces for all.
Our Climate Change Strategy inludes a commitment to becoming net zero by 2030, and using 100% green electricity in our council buildings.
We recently won ‘Regional Council of the Year’ at the prestigious East of England Regional Energy Efficiency Awards 2026.
The retrofit work we have carried out to improve energy efficiency and create healthier, more sustainable council homes was also recognised as ‘Regional Large Scale Project of the Year’.
You can find out more about our latest news and achievements on ONE Welwyn Hatfield.
Ambitious regeneration projects
Our ambitious regeneration projects for both Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield continue at pace.
Our regeneration of Hatfield Market Place has won a regional award for excellence in construction, marking further recognition for this groundbreaking scheme.
The latest recognition for Market Place follows its success in the same category at the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire CE Awards.
The successful opening of our Hatfield One Town Centre provided a landmark housing and commercial development that will transform the town centre.
Our One Town Centre development achieved Security by Design Gold standard, the highest recognition for excellence in security and crime prevention.
You can find out more about our exciting regeneration projects on the ONE Welwyn Hatfield website.
Award winning Oak Hill Crematorium and Cemetery
Oak Hill, our stunning crematorium and cemetery continues to be recognised with an impressive list of awards.
These include winning Gold standard for our cemetery and crematorium at the National Cemetery of the Year Awards and the coveted Green Flag Award quality mark for parks and green spaces.
Find out more about Oak Hill.
Community Safety Success
Our community safety work has also achieved recogniton as a winner of the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Award for our entry ‘Bringing the Knife Angel to Welwyn Garden City’ in the Public/Private Partnership category.
Celebrating our green spaces
It is important to us to enhance biodiversity and cherish our green spaces across our borough you can read more about our achievements in this area below.
We regularly flourish at the prestigious Anglia in Bloom Awards with our local green spaces and community efforts receiving well-deserved recognition.
We have also been recognised as a ‘Tree City of the World' for many years.
This international scheme celebrates and promotes places that create green space in urban areas.
Our highly qualified team manage over 30,000 individual trees as well as various woodland areas, open spaces, allotment sites, micro-orchards and several sites of special scientific interest.
