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4 The Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1EB

25/0614/CLPCertificate Proposed Lawful Use/DevApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 June 2025

Council decision: Grant Lawful Certificate (Proposed Dev)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 16 x solar panels on the roof of the existing dwelling. Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed).

Received
22 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Potters Bar Parkfield
  1. Received22 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Jun
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at 4 The Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1EB. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in the Potters Bar Darkes Lane (West) conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 107 applications across Potters Bar Parkfield. We hold 3,353 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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Application details

Postcode
EN6 1EB
Application type
Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2025
Target decision date
23 June 2025
Decision issued
23 June 2025
Permission expires
23 June 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
59 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
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
  • Conservation area: Potters Bar Darkes Lane (West)
  • Green belt: HertsmereNext to the site

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, 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.

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    22 Apr

    T1 OAK. Reduce all round by 2.5m. As per annotated photograph.

    ApprovedTree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)Filed alongside25/0609/TRC
  2. 2025
    22 Apr

    Installation of 16 x solar panels on the roof of the existing dwelling. Certificate of Lawful Development…

    This applicationApprovedOutline25/0614/CLP

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