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26 Billy Lows Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1XN

23/0152/HSEHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 11 April 2023

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of outbuilding in rear garden. (AMENDED PLANS RECEIVED: 16/03/2023 - reduced height of outbuilding to 2.5m)

Received
30 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Potters Bar Parkfield
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated1 Feb
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target11 Apr
  5. Decided11 Apr

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 26 Billy Lows Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1XN. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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
EN6 1XN
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 February 2023
Consultation expiry
6 April 2023
Consultation start
12 April 2023
Consultation end
23 February 2023
Neighbour consultation start
17 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
6 April 2023
Last date for comments
6 April 2023
Target decision date
11 April 2023
Permission expires
11 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
69 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11889566
Documents
8
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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