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56 Baker Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2EQ

25/1722/HSEHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 17 February 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing garage and construction of replacement outbuilding, installation of 3x solar panels to each side roof elevation, and installation of 2x A/C Units to side elevation.

Received
1 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Bentley Heath & The Royds
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target18 Feb
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 56 Baker Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2EQ. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in the Potters Bar The Royds conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Bentley Heath & The Royds. 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 2EQ
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Consultation expiry
16 February 2026
Consultation start
18 February 2026
Consultation end
16 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
4 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
27 December 2025
Last date for comments
16 February 2026
Target decision date
18 February 2026
Decision issued
18 February 2026
Permission expires
18 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
39 Wellesley Crescent Potters Bar EN6 2DQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
79 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
31 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14510619
Documents
19
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Potters Bar The Royds
  • 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, 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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