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67 Cotton Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5JJ

26/0198/CLPCertificate Proposed Lawful Use/DevRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 10 April 2026

Council decision: Refuse to Grant Certificate

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from 6 person HMO (Class C4) to 7 person HMO (Sui-Generis). Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed).

Received
13 February 2026
Public comments
3
Ward
Potters Bar Oakmere
Agent
Dimensions- Planning&Architecture
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 67 Cotton Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5JJ. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Potters Bar Oakmere. We hold 3,353 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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Application details

Postcode
EN6 5JJ
Application type
Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Target decision date
10 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Dimensions- Planning&Architecture
Agent address
Unit 7 Hawthorn Business Park 165 Granville Road London NW2 2AZ

Planning decision

Case officer
Marcus Truman
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14697148
Documents
6
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

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

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    14 Sep

    Change of use from a 6 occupant HMO (use class C4) to a house of multiple occupancy for 7 occupants (HMO…

    PendingApplication26/1334/FUL
  2. 2026
    4 Jun

    Change of use from a 6 occupant HMO (use class C4) to a house of multiple occupancy for 7 occupants (HMO…

    RefusedApplication26/0698/FUL
  3. 2025
    12 May

    Single storey rear extension and conversion of garage to habitable space.

    ApprovedApplication25/0741/HSE
  4. 2025
    7 May

    Single storey rear extension. Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed).

    RefusedCertificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev25/0710/CLP
  5. 2025
    27 Mar

    Conversion of garage to habitable space including alterations to fenestration, and single storey rear…

    PendingApplication25/0483/CLP
  6. 2025
    24 Mar

    Single storey rear extension. Depth: 5.2m, Height: 3m, Eaves: 3m.

    PendingApplication25/0456/PD42

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