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70 Oakmere Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5EF

24/0975/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 18 December 2024

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Part single, part two-storey rear extension, conversion of loft to habitable space to include rear dormer, and change of use from C3 Dwelling house into 10 Bedroom Sui Generis HMO. Provision of 5 off-street parking spaces.

Received
26 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
16
Ward
Potters Bar Oakmere
  1. Received26 Jul
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target19 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 132 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 70 Oakmere Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5EF. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 145 days, 13 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 3,353 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 5EF
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2024
Consultation expiry
16 December 2024
Consultation start
19 December 2024
Consultation end
16 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
19 December 2024
Neighbour consultation end
3 September 2024
Last date for comments
16 December 2024
Target decision date
19 December 2024
Decision issued
19 December 2024
Permission expires
19 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Redwoods Projects
Agent address
Unit 4 Grosvenor Way London E5 9ND

Planning decision

Statutory period
133 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13271763
Documents
18
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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