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2 Heath Drive Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1EH

26/0394/TRCTree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)Approved

Approved on 14 July 2026

Council decision: Tree work in Conservation Area Consent

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

Proposal

T1 Willow tree pollard to previous pruning points Removing 3m of growth all round 14m height by 12m new height 11m height 6m wide T2 Conifer tree reduce height by 4m and trim neat 12m tall by 9m wide New height by 8m tall by 7-8m wide G1 3 silver birch trees reduce by 3m on height and 1.5m on sides to create a new shape and size 11m tall by 8 m wide new height 8m x6m wide

Received
25 March 2026
Ward
Potters Bar Parkfield
Agent
The Tree Feller Ltd
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated25 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Aug
  5. Decided14 Jul

Decided in 19 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 Heath Drive Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1EH. Hertsmere has handled 493 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks longer 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
25 June 2026
Target decision date
6 August 2026
Permission expires
14 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Tree Feller Ltd
Agent address
8 St. Giles Avenue South Mimms EN63PZ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14808482
Comments
0
Documents
6
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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