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35A High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5AJ

25/1565/FULApproved

Approved on 13 May 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission5 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of first and second floors from Class E (office) to 2x HMOs (Class C4), comprising a 4-bedroom HMO on the first floor and a 3-bedroom HMO on the second floor with shared kitchen/dining/living facilities for up to 12 occupants (additional plans/information received on the 23.01.2026 and amended plans on the 27.04.2026 and 07.05.2026).

Received
29 October 2025
Ward
Potters Bar Oakmere
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.2 Dec
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 187 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 35A High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5AJ. Hertsmere has handled 7,138 applications of this type. This one was decided in 187 days, 19 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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.

Application details

Postcode
EN6 5AJ
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2025
Consultation end
2 December 2025
Target decision date
13 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
William Clarke

Additional information

Documents
31

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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