Chestnut Cottage 32 Bentley Heath Lane Bentley Heath Barnet Hertfordshire EN5 4RY
Approved on 19 March 2024
Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of loft to habitable space to include 1 x front roof light and 2 x rear dormer windows. (Amended Plans received: 26/02/2024)
- Received
- 6 November 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Ward
- Bentley Heath & The Royds
- Agent
- itu studio limited
- ReceivedReceived6 Nov
- ValidatedValidated10 Nov
- Consult.Consultation4 Dec
- TargetTarget Date20 Mar
- DecidedDecided19 Mar
Decided in 130 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at Chestnut Cottage 32 Bentley Heath Lane Bentley Heath Barnet Hertfordshire EN5 4RY. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 11 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Bentley Heath & The Royds. We hold 3,745 applications in total for the EN5 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
- EN5 4RY
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 November 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 4 January 2024
- Consultation start
- 20 March 2024
- Consultation end
- 4 December 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 November 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 December 2023
- Last date for comments
- 4 January 2024
- Target decision date
- 20 March 2024
- Decision issued
- 20 March 2024
- Permission expires
- 20 March 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- itu studio limited
- Architect profile
- ITU STUDIO LIMITED
- Agent address
- 74 Manor Road London N16 5BN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 131 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 November 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 13 December 2023
- Site notice start
- 14 December 2023
- Site notice end
- 4 January 2024
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Hertsmere
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20249 Jul
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 4 (Windows) of planning permission reference…
Condition DischargedDischarge of conditions24/0895/DOC - 20244 Mar
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (external materials) of planning permission…
Condition DischargedDischarge of conditions24/0297/DOC - 202319 Jul
Conversion of loft to habitable space including front and rear dormer windows.
RefusedHouseholder23/1045/HSE - 202324 Apr
Demolition of existing single storey rear extension and 1x detached garden house. Construction of two storey…
ApprovedHouseholder23/0582/HSE - 20225 Dec
Demolition of existing front porch and erection of relocated front entrance canopy. Construction of two…
WithdrawnHouseholder22/2029/HSE
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