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61 Darkes Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1BJ

26/0583/FULApproved

Approved on 11 August 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission2 conditions

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

Proposal

Single storey rear extension to ground floor shop, alterations to fenestration of flat at first floor level and repositioning of existing air conditioning units on the flank elevation (Retrospective).

Received
30 April 2026
Ward
Potters Bar Parkfield
  1. Received30 Apr
  2. Validated18 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 85 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a single storey rear extension at 61 Darkes Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1BJ. Hertsmere has handled 7,138 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 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.

Application details

Postcode
EN6 1BJ
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Monika Vistartaite

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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