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First Floor 58 High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire

26/0817/PD56MPD - Prior Approval 56 day -C BUS TO RESApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 14 October 2026

Council decision: PD56 -Prior Approval Given5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of first floor commercial unit (E) to 2x residential flats (C3).

Received
12 June 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 23 October 2026
Ward
Potters Bar Parkfield
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.31 Jul
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided14 Oct

Decided in 97 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at First Floor 58 High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. This one was decided in 124 days, 10 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 107 applications across Potters Bar Parkfield.

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

Application type
PD - Prior Approval 56 day -C BUS TO RES
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 July 2026
Consultation expiry
31 July 2026
Consultation start
10 July 2026
Consultation end
31 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start
10 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
31 July 2026
Last date for comments
31 July 2026
Target decision date
16 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
58 High Street Potters Bar Enfield London EN6 5AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15007695
Documents
17
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.

Source: Hertsmere

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