A1 Golf Driving Range Rowley Lane Barnet EN5 3HW

16/0038/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused

Full

Refused on 26 August 2016

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Erection of Sky Trail High ropes adventure course (Amended plans received 7/4/2016 and 5/8/2016 and additional landscaping information received 23/6/016).

Received: 12 January 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 9
Council: Hertsmere Borough Council
Ward: Shenley
Agent: Dowsett Mayhew Planning Partnership

ReceivedReceived12 Jan
ValidatedValidated7 Apr
Consult.Consultation16 Sep
TargetTarget Date26 Aug
DecidedDecided26 Aug

Decided in 141 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at A1 Golf Driving Range Rowley Lane Barnet EN5 3HW. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 227 days, 24 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 123 applications across Shenley. We hold 3,747 applications in total for the EN5 postcode area.

90% of full applications at Hertsmere Borough Council 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: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: South Mimms Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 April 2016
Consultation expiry: 16 September 2016
Consultation start: 26 August 2016
Consultation end: 16 September 2016
Neighbour consultation start: 15 April 2016
Neighbour consultation end: 6 May 2016
Last date for comments: 16 September 2016
Target decision date: 26 August 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent: Dowsett Mayhew Planning Partnership
Agent address: 63A Ship Street Brighton East Sussex BN1 4ET

Planning decision

Statutory period: 141 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 29 January 2016
Advertisement expiry: 19 February 2016

Appeal

Appeal status: Appeal decided
Appeal result: Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-04745433
Documents: 20
Constraints: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Green belt: Hertsmere+1 more

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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Source: Hertsmere

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