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Former Potters Bar Golf Club Darkes Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1DE

26/0427/OUTEIOutline with EIA applicationAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline planning application (with all matters reserved except access) for the phased erection of up to 550 residential dwellings including affordable housing and plots of self-build/custom build homes (Class C3); a community hub building and other community facilities (Class E); green and blue infrastructure; a primary vehicular access from Darkes Lane; a pedestrian and cycle access (and also serving as an emergency access) from Darkes Lane; pedestrian accesses via the Hertfordshire Way; service and utility structures including substations and demolition of the existing club house building and two dwellings.

Received
31 March 2026
Decision due
30 June 2026
Public comments
491 · last counted 6 October 2026
Ward
Potters Bar Parkfield
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target30 Jun
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 5 May.

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About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Former Potters Bar Golf Club Darkes Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1DE. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 31 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Potters Bar Darkes Lane (West) conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

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 1DE
Application type
Outline with EIA application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
550
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2026
Consultation expiry
29 May 2026
Consultation start
14 April 2026
Consultation end
5 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
14 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
6 May 2026
Last date for comments
29 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
Lichfields The Minster Building 21 Mincing Lane London EC3R 7AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
22 May 2026
Site notice start
30 April 2026
Site notice end
29 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14333074
Documents
112
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Potters Bar Darkes Lane (West)
  • Green belt: HertsmereNext to the site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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