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35A High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5AJ

26/0341/PD56MPD - Prior Approval 56 day -C BUS TO RESWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 13 May 2026

Council decision: Application Withdrawn

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use of the existing upper floors of the building from commercial use (Use Class E) to residential use (Use Class C3) to provide 4x residential dwellings.

Received
16 March 2026
Public comments
4
Ward
Potters Bar Oakmere
Agent
Serene Spaces (Property Consultancy)
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target15 May
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 35A High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5AJ. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 58 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 5AJ
Application type
PD - Prior Approval 56 day -C BUS TO RES
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2026
Consultation expiry
23 April 2026
Consultation start
2 April 2026
Consultation end
23 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
24 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
16 April 2026
Last date for comments
23 April 2026
Target decision date
15 May 2026
Decision issued
14 May 2026
Permission expires
14 May 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Serene Spaces (Property Consultancy)
Agent address
90 Station Road Rochester, Kent, GB Strood, Rochester Kent ME2 4BT

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14774018
Documents
22
Constraints
8

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.

Source: Hertsmere

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