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88 High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5AT

22/1867/FULRefused

Refused on 1 October 2026

Council decision: Refuse Permission1 reason for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Single storey side and rear extension, external seating area with retractable canopy and changes to shopfront. (Part retrospective)

Received
4 November 2022
Public comments
3 · last counted 3 November 2026
Ward
Potters Bar Parkfield
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 259 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a rear extension at 88 High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5AT. Hertsmere has handled 7,138 applications of this type. This one was decided in 259 days, 29 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 107 applications across Potters Bar Parkfield. We hold 3,350 applications in total for the EN6 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The extension in situ has an adverse impact on the locally listed host building causing a very low level of harm on the significance of a non-designated heritage asset and under a balanced judgement the harm is not outweighed, taking into account the limited benefits of the development. As such, the proposal would not comply with the NPPF 2026, Policies SADM29 and SADM30 of the Site Allocations Development Management Policies Plan 2016, and Policy CS14 of the Core Strategy 2013.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
EN6 5AT
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Kirsty Selwood

Additional information

Documents
61

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.

Source: Hertsmere

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