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4 Heath Drive Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1EH

26/0079/TRCTree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)Approved

Approved on 9 March 2026

Council decision: Tree work in Conservation Area Consent

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

Proposal

T1 WEEPING WILLOW. Reduce all over by 2m leaving a height of 10m and a spread of 3m all round. T2 HORNBEAM. Reduce by 2m all over leaving a height of 6m and a spread of 3m all round. T3 CRack willow. Fell to stump level.

Received
22 January 2026
Ward
Potters Bar Parkfield
Agent
ROBINSON TREE SERVICES LTD
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided9 Mar

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Heath Drive Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1EH. Hertsmere has handled 493 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in the Potters Bar Darkes Lane (West) conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 107 applications across Potters Bar Parkfield. 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 1EH
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026
Target decision date
16 March 2026
Permission expires
9 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
ROBINSON TREE SERVICES LTD
Agent address
Beech Farm Coopers Green Lane St. Albans AL4 9HP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14643950
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
4

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 Darkes Lane (West)
  • 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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