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10 Highview Close Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5PF

25/1472/HSEHouseholder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 8 December 2025

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for the retention of the existing timber fence and CCTV cameras.

Received
13 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Potters Bar Oakmere
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.30 Dec
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 10 Highview Close Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5PF. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Potters Bar Oakmere. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The applicant has provided inaccurate drawings of the proposed boundary treatment. Notwithstanding this, the development, by virtue of its siting, scale and appearance, appears unduly dominant within the street scene and does not accord with the prevailing character of the street scene which is characterised by low level, open and verdant boundary treatments. By virtue of its prominent appearance, the development results in harm to the character and appearance of the street scene. Therefore, the development conflicts with the NPPF 2024, policy SADM30 of the Site Allocations and Development Management Polices Plan (2016) and policy CS22 of Hertsmere's Core Strategy (2013).
  2. The existing boundary treatment due to its siting, depth and height in relation to the footpath entrance serving 14, 16 and 18 Highview Close results in a significant loss of light and an overbearing, oppressive, obtrusive and unneighbourly form of development. The development also results in an increase in opportunities for crime and the perception of crime, due to an unsafe access being formed to the detriment of the residential amenities of the occupiers of the neighbouring property at 14, 16 and 18 Highview Close and is therefore contrary to the NPPF 2024, Policy CS22 of the Core Strategy, SADM30 of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Plan 2016 and Parts D and E of the Planning and Design Guide.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
EN6 5PF
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2025
Consultation expiry
30 December 2025
Consultation start
9 December 2025
Consultation end
30 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
9 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
6 November 2025
Last date for comments
30 December 2025
Target decision date
8 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Your Plans UK
Agent address
Suite A2 Stevenage Stevenage SG1 3UN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14401191
Documents
11
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Canada Life , Potters Bar EN6 5BARegister site at or near this address
  • 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

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    25 Jun

    Retrospective application for a rear canopy.

    ApprovedApplication25/0941/FUL

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