Wyevale Garden Centre Dancers Hill Road Bentley Heath Barnet Hertfordshire EN5 4RR

17/1392/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused

Full

Refused on 21 September 2017

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Retrospective application for change of use of part of overflow car park to a hand car wash to include a double canopy, wash screens, 1.6m high fence, a timber customer waiting cabin, a chemical container, an office/rest room and associated hardstanding for a temporary period of 2 years.

Received: 10 July 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 6
Council: Hertsmere Borough Council
Ward: Potters Bar Parkfield
Agent: Stephen Egerton Associates

ReceivedReceived10 Jul
ValidatedValidated17 Jul
Consult.Consultation13 Oct
TargetTarget Date11 Sep
DecidedDecided21 Sep

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Wyevale Garden Centre Dancers Hill Road Bentley Heath Barnet Hertfordshire EN5 4RR. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 107 applications across Potters Bar Parkfield. We hold 3,740 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 4RR
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 July 2017
Consultation expiry: 13 October 2017
Consultation start: 22 September 2017
Consultation end: 13 October 2017
Neighbour consultation start: 22 September 2017
Neighbour consultation end: 10 August 2017
Last date for comments: 13 October 2017
Target decision date: 11 September 2017
Decision issued: 22 September 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent: Stephen Egerton Associates
Agent address: 33 Wavell Avenue Colchester CO2 7HR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 27 July 2017
Advertisement expiry: 17 August 2017
Site notice start: 24 July 2017
Site notice end: 14 August 2017

Appeal

Appeal status: Appeal decided
Appeal result: Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-06215909
Documents: 29
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Green belt: Hertsmere
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Hertsmere

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