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Garages At Rear Of Latimer House 189 High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire

26/0033/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 28 April 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use and extension of former garages to office (Class E).

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Potters Bar Oakmere
Agent
G2 Architecture
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 81 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Garages At Rear Of Latimer House 189 High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Potters Bar Oakmere.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2026
Consultation expiry
21 April 2026
Consultation start
29 April 2026
Consultation end
21 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
3 March 2026
Last date for comments
21 April 2026
Target decision date
28 April 2026
Permission expires
28 April 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
G2 Architecture
Architect profile
G2 ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
Office 3 Broadmeads Pumping Station Hertford Road Ware SG12 9LH

Planning decision

Statutory period
81 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14235008
Documents
16
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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