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40 Blackhorse Lane South Mimms Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3PS

25/0206/HSEHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 11 April 2025

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of loft to habitable space to include rear dormer with Juliet balcony and 1 x front roof light. Construction of a single storey front and side extension to create new front porch, first floor rear extension, alterations to fenestration, and relocation of gas metre.

Received
14 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Shenley
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.14 Mar
  4. Target11 Apr
  5. Decided11 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 40 Blackhorse Lane South Mimms Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3PS. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Shenley. 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 3PS
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
The Parish Council South Mimms And Ridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2025
Consultation expiry
17 March 2025
Consultation start
14 April 2025
Consultation end
14 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
24 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
17 March 2025
Last date for comments
17 March 2025
Target decision date
11 April 2025
Permission expires
11 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
EMStudio
Agent address
88 Dukes Avenue Theydon Bois Epping CM16 7HF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13759985
Documents
11
Constraints
9

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
  • Green belt: Hertsmere

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, 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

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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.

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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