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Potters Bar Town Football Club Watkins Rise Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1DP

24/0791/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 6 September 2024

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (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

Replacement of existing grassed pitch with 3G Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) with new dugouts, perimeter fencing, storage container, terraced standing, 1x replacement stand, and alterations to perimeter hard and soft landscaping.

Received
17 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
122
Ward
Potters Bar Parkfield
Agent
Surfacing Standards Limited
  1. Received17 Jun
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.2 Aug
  4. Target6 Sep
  5. Decided6 Sep

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Potters Bar Town Football Club Watkins Rise Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1DP. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There have been 2 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 1DP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2024
Consultation expiry
2 August 2024
Consultation start
9 September 2024
Consultation end
2 August 2024
Neighbour consultation start
9 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
23 July 2024
Last date for comments
2 August 2024
Target decision date
6 September 2024
Permission expires
6 September 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Surfacing Standards Limited
Agent address
Office 2 Empingham House Ayston Road Uppingham LE15 9NY

Planning decision

Statutory period
67 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 July 2024
Site notice end
1 August 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13096041
Documents
32
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: North Block Parkside, High Street, Potters Bar, EN6 5AURegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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