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Rowley Lane Sports Ground Rowley Lane Barnet EN5 3HW

19/3501/RCURetention/Continued UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 4 February 2020

Council decision: Approve following legal agreementDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of bowling club building from Assembly/Leisure (D2) to Nursery (D1) (RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION)

Received
21 June 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
High Barnet
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated27 Jun
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target22 Aug
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 222 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Rowley Lane Sports Ground Rowley Lane Barnet EN5 3HW. Barnet has handled 579 applications of this type. This one was decided in 228 days, 25 weeks longer than Barnet's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 231 applications across High Barnet. We hold 3,747 applications in total for the EN5 postcode area.

70% of amendment applications at London Borough of Barnet were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EN5 3HW
Application type
Retention/Continued Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 June 2019
Consultation expiry
25 July 2019
Neighbour consultation start
27 June 2019
Neighbour consultation end
25 July 2019
Target decision date
22 August 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rapleys
Agent address
33 Jermyn Street London SW1Y 6DN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
4 July 2019
Site notice end
25 July 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07951541
Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Area 1
  • Green belt: Barnet
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    28 Apr

    Submission of details of condition 4 (External Lighting) 7 (Biodiversity Enhancements (BEP) pursuant to…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/1590/CON
  2. 2025
    4 Dec

    Alterations to existing clubhouse building including installation of toilets with new external doors…

    ApprovedFull Application25/4859/FUL
  3. 2020
    26 Aug

    Installation of concrete ring beam to anchor inflatable air dome for a temporary period of 5 years with…

    WithdrawnFull Application20/3934/FUL
  4. 2020
    10 Mar

    Installation of concrete ring beam to anchor inflatable air dome for a temporary period of 10 years with…

    WithdrawnFull Application20/1314/FUL
  5. 2019
    15 Apr

    Retrospective change of use of bowling club to state-funded school or registered nursery

    RefusedPrior Notification (School)19/2215/PNS
  6. 2015
    24 Nov

    Construction of a two storey Clubhouse providing various essential facilities for the Sports Association…

    ApprovedFull Application15/07170/FUL

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