Canada Life House 2 - 6 High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5BA
Approved on 27 February 2026
Council decision: Response GivenDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Request for screening opinion (Environmental Assessment - Screening).
- Received
- 20 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Ward
- Potters Bar Parkfield
- ReceivedReceived20 Nov
- ValidatedValidated20 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date27 Feb
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 99 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Canada Life House 2 - 6 High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5BA. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 107 applications across Potters Bar Parkfield. We hold 3,353 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 5BA
- Application type
- Environmental Impact Ass. Screening
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 27 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 27 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 35 Bancroft Hitchin Herts SG5 1LA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 99 days
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202624 Sep
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (protection of trees) and 8 (arboricultural…
PendingDischarge of conditions26/1352/DOC - 202510 Dec
Change of use from Class E (commercial) to 69no. Class C3 dwellinghouses.
PendingPD - Prior Approval 56 day -C BUS TO RES25/1763/PD56M - 202510 Dec
Change of use from Class E (commercial) to 74no. Class C3 dwellinghouses.
PendingPD - Prior Approval 56 day -C BUS TO RES25/1764/PD56M - 202528 Aug
Redevelopment of site to mixed use residential and Class E, approx. 300 homes - PPA agreement
PendingPlanning Performance Agreements25/1256/PPA
Source: Hertsmere
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