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7 Heath Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1LQ

25/0295/CLPCertificate Proposed Lawful Use/DevRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 1 May 2025

Council decision: Refuse to Grant CertificateDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of outbuilding in rear garden. Certificate of lawful development (Proposed).

Received
27 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Potters Bar Parkfield
Agent
McDonald Architects
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 May
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at 7 Heath Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1LQ. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days 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.

81% of outline applications at Hertsmere Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development fails to satisfies the criteria contained in Class E, Part 1, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Accordingly, the application for a Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed) is refused. First Schedule (description of operations) Erection of outbuilding in rear garden. Certificate of lawful development (Proposed).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
EN6 1LQ
Application type
Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2025
Target decision date
1 May 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
63 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13786806
Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
5

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.

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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