Lantern Garage Swanland Road South Mimms Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3NE
Approved on 21 April 2026
Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Use of the land for Class B8 purposes (amended description: 23/03/2026).
- Received
- 12 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Ward
- Shenley
- Agent
- DLA Town Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived12 Nov
- ValidatedValidated12 Nov
- Consult.Consultation11 Dec
- TargetTarget Date24 Apr
- DecidedDecided21 Apr
Decided in 160 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Lantern Garage Swanland Road South Mimms Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3NE. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 160 days, 15 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in the Budleigh Salterton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Shenley. We hold 3,350 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 3NE
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- The Parish Council South Mimms And Ridge
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 9 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 22 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 11 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 April 2026
- Decision issued
- 22 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 22 April 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- DLA Town Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- 5 The Gavel Centre Porters Wood St Albans AL3 6PQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 163 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14484217
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Hertsmere
- 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, 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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Source: Hertsmere
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