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17 Sunnybank Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2NW

25/1765/CLPCertificate Proposed Lawful Use/DevRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 3 February 2026

Council decision: Refuse to Grant CertificateDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of existing attached garage to office room, exchanging the existing garage doors with window and changing flat to hipped roof. Internal reconfiguration to kitchen/dining area with a new opening. All materials will match the existing. Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed).

Received
10 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bentley Heath & The Royds
Agent
DobraVilla Ltd
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 17 Sunnybank Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2NW. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There has been 1 other application 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.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development does not satisfy the criteria for permitted development set out in the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A and B. The limits set out in A1(e)(i), A1(h)(i), A1(i), A1(ja) are exceeded, and there is insufficient information submitted to demonstrate compliance with B1(d)(ii). Accordingly, a Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed) should be refused. First Schedule (description of use/operations/matter) Conversion of existing attached garage to office room, exchanging the existing garage doors with window and changing flat to hipped roof. Internal reconfiguration to kitchen/dining area with a new opening. All materials will match the existing. Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
EN6 2NW
Application type
Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2025
Target decision date
4 February 2026
Decision issued
4 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
DobraVilla Ltd
Agent address
131 Ashwood Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2QD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14555672
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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

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© 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.

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