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2 Park View Cottages Great North Road Barnet Hertfordshire EN5 4RH

25/1688/HSEHouseholder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 17 April 2026

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

Proposal

Demoltion of existing rear conservatory and detached garage; construction of part single, part two storey side and rear extension with side and rear balcony at first floor level, front porch, and detached garage to front garden; alterations to fenestration and rear patio.

Received
24 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Bentley Heath & The Royds
Agent
ARCHPL LTD
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 140 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 2 Park View Cottages Great North Road Barnet Hertfordshire EN5 4RH. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 144 days, 13 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Bentley Heath & The Royds. We hold 3,740 applications in total for the EN5 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 proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt as it would result in disproportionate additions over and above the size of the original building. No very special circumstances would arise. Therefore, the scheme would result in definitional harm to the Green Belt as well as harm to Green Belt openness. The development would therefore fail to comply with the NPPF 2024, Policies CS13 of the Hertsmere Core Strategy 2013, Policies SADM26 of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Plan 2016.
  2. The proposed front garage and two storey side extension would have a detrimental impact on the character and appearance of the surrounding area, the host dwelling, and the symmetrical character of the semi-detached pair, and is therefore contrary to the NPPF 2024, Policies CS22 of the Hertsmere Core Strategy 2013, Policies SADM30 of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Plan 2016 and Hertsmere's Planning and Design Guide Part E 2006.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
EN5 4RH
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2025
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Consultation start
20 April 2026
Consultation end
9 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
2 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 December 2025
Last date for comments
9 April 2026
Target decision date
17 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
ARCHPL LTD
Architect profile
ARCHPL LTD
Agent address
400 West Green Road Haringey London N15 3PX

Planning decision

Statutory period
140 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14514210
Documents
13
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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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