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7 Heath Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1LQ

23/0826/HSEHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 17 August 2023

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey rear extension to lower ground floor, replacement rear sunroom and terrace above rear extension to lower ground floor. New sauna/steam room in existing external brick outbuilding. Enlarged habitable space at loft level with associated roof alterations to include enlarged rear dormer with Juliet balcony, insertion of roof light to each side and removal of centre front roof light. Partial conversion of existing detached garage to form habitable space for use as an annex. (AMENDED PLANS RECEIVED: 27/07/2023 - boundary treatment plans) (AMENDED PLANS RECEIVED: 11/08/2023 - front boundary treatment omitted from proposal).

Received
6 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Potters Bar Parkfield
Agent
McDonald Architects
  1. Received6 Jun
  2. Validated6 Jun
  3. Consult.14 Aug
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided17 Aug

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 7 Heath Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1LQ. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There have been 4 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.

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 1LQ
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 June 2023
Consultation expiry
14 August 2023
Consultation start
17 August 2023
Consultation end
14 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
19 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 July 2023
Last date for comments
14 August 2023
Target decision date
18 August 2023
Permission expires
17 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
McDonald Architects
Architect profile
MCDONALD ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
SPACES 17 City North Place London N4 3FU

Planning decision

Statutory period
73 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12201790
Comments
0
Documents
29
Constraints
3

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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    21 Mar

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  2. 2023
    6 Jun

    Single storey rear extension to lower ground floor, replacement rear sunroom and terrace above rear extension…

    This applicationApprovedFull23/0826/HSE

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