16 Melrose Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1SZ
Refused on 1 April 2026
Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Front porch, two storey side and single storey rear extension.
- Received
- 16 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Ward
- Potters Bar Parkfield
- ReceivedReceived16 Jan
- ValidatedValidated16 Jan
- Consult.Consultation9 Feb
- TargetTarget Date23 Mar
- DecidedDecided1 Apr
Decided in 75 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 16 Melrose Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1SZ. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There have been 3 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.
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 1SZ
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 10 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 19 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 9 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 10 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 23 March 2026
- Decision issued
- 2 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Damien Poulter
- Architect profile
- DAMIEN POULTER DESIGNS LTD
- Agent address
- 9 Bakers Grove Welwyn Garden City AL7 2DJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 66 days
Appeal history
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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20261 May
Construction of front porch extension, single storey rear extension to include 1x rooflight and two storey…
RefusedHouseholder26/0593/HSE - 202613 Apr
Construction of single storey side and rear extension and front porch extension.
ApprovedHouseholder26/0498/HSE - 202613 Apr
Single storey rear, side, and front porch extension; alterations to fenestration.
RefusedHouseholder26/0497/HSE
Source: Hertsmere
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