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8 Oakroyd Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2EH

26/0073/TRCTree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)Approved

Approved on 2 March 2026

Council decision: Tree work in Conservation Area Consent

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 BOX ELDER. Crown reduce by 5 feet to a final height of about 12 feet i.e. a reduction of about 30%, with the spread of about 11 feet.

Received
21 January 2026
Ward
Bentley Heath & The Royds
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided2 Mar

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8 Oakroyd Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2EH. Hertsmere has handled 493 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in the Potters Bar The Royds conservation area. 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.

79% of trees 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 2EH
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2026
Target decision date
12 March 2026
Permission expires
2 March 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14640682
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    29 Aug

    T1 CONIFER. Fell. T2 SLVER BIRCH. Fell.

    ApprovedTree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)25/1263/TRC

Source: Hertsmere

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