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8 Billy Lows Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1XN

23/0734/CLPCertificate Proposed Lawful Use/DevApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 June 2023

Council decision: Grant Lawful Certificate (Proposed Dev)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outbuilding in rear garden. Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed).

Received
19 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Potters Bar Parkfield
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided9 Jun

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at 8 Billy Lows Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1XN. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 weeks 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.

81% of outline applications at Hertsmere Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
EN6 1XN
Application type
Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2023
Target decision date
14 July 2023
Decision issued
12 June 2023
Permission expires
12 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hawksbeck
Agent address
228 Priests Lane Shenfield Brentwood Essex CM158LG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12175156
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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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