5 Mountway Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1ER

26/0553/TRCTree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)Approved

Approved on 10 June 2026

Council decision: Tree work in Conservation Area Consent

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

Proposal

T1 BEECH. Full canopy reduction of 2m cut back to growth points. T2 BEECH. Full canopy reduction of 2m cut back to growth points. T3 BEECH. Full canopy reduction of 2m cut back to growth points. As per annotated photographs.

Received: 24 April 2026
Council: Hertsmere Borough Council
Ward: Potters Bar Parkfield

ReceivedReceived24 Apr
ValidatedValidated1 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date12 Jun
DecidedDecided10 Jun

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Mountway Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1ER. Hertsmere has handled 493 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker 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 3,353 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 1ER
Application type: Tree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 May 2026
Target decision date: 12 June 2026
Permission expires: 10 June 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14883672
Comments: 0
Documents: 5
Constraints: 3

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.

Source: Hertsmere

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