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The Picture House 195 Darkes Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1BP

23/0341/CLECertificate Existing Lawful Use/DevApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 20 April 2023

Council decision: Grant Lawful Certificate (existing)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Conversion of Flat 1 into two 1-bed flats. Certificate of Lawful Development (Existing). (Revised application.)

Received
28 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Potters Bar Parkfield
  1. Received28 Feb
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.4 Apr
  4. Target25 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Picture House 195 Darkes Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1BP. Hertsmere has handled 181 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker 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.

77% of amendment 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 1BP
Application type
Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 February 2023
Consultation expiry
4 April 2023
Consultation start
14 March 2023
Consultation end
4 April 2023
Neighbour consultation start
14 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
4 April 2023
Last date for comments
4 April 2023
Target decision date
25 April 2023
Decision issued
21 April 2023
Permission expires
21 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Principlanning
Agent address
8 Barbara Court Welwyn AL6 9GB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11973033
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
9

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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