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16 Melrose Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1SZ

26/0498/HSEHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 23 July 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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

Construction of single storey side and rear extension and front porch extension.

Received
13 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Potters Bar Parkfield
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.16 Jul
  4. Target8 Jun
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 101 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 16 Melrose Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1SZ. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications 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.

90% of full 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 1SZ
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2026
Consultation expiry
16 July 2026
Consultation start
24 July 2026
Consultation end
16 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start
24 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
16 July 2026
Last date for comments
16 July 2026
Target decision date
8 June 2026
Decision issued
24 July 2026
Permission expires
24 July 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Damien Poulter
Architect profile
DAMIEN POULTER DESIGNS LTD
Agent address
9 Bakers Grove Welwyn Garden City AL7 2DJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14849382
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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    13 Apr

    Single storey rear, side, and front porch extension; alterations to fenestration.

    RefusedHouseholderFiled alongside26/0497/HSE
  2. 2026
    13 Apr

    Construction of single storey side and rear extension and front porch extension.

    This applicationApprovedFull26/0498/HSE

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