Land East Of South Mimms Services St Albans Road South Mimms Hertfordshire

26/1187/REMPending Decision

Reserved matters

Proposal

Application for the approval of reserved matters relating to site-wide advanced infrastructure and enabling works (Phase 1a), including a permanent vehicular access off Swanland Road which will facilitate a temporary access during construction, a permanent emergency vehicle access off Bridgefoot Lane, pedestrian and cycle routes, internal roads, car and cycle parking, hard and soft landscaping, on-site water attenuation, temporary and permanent campus bridges, utilities and services, a security gatehouse, substations, ancillary buildings and service yards, the creation of development platforms to support the phased data centre development, and all associated infrastructure pursuant to outline planning permission reference 24/1152/OUTEI.

Received: 17 August 2026
Public comments: 105 · last counted 14 October 2026
Council: Hertsmere Borough Council
Ward: Potters Bar Furzefield

Approximate site (title boundary)

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ReceivedSubmitted17 Aug
ValidatedValidated17 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

This is a planning application at Land East Of South Mimms Services St Albans Road South Mimms Hertfordshire. Hertsmere has handled 4,967 applications of this type and approves 85% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. It was submitted on 17 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the South Mimms conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 20 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 91 applications across Potters Bar Furzefield. We hold 2,967 applications in total for the EN6 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

26/1187/REM

Address

Land East Of South Mimms Services St Albans Road South Mimms Hertfordshire

Postcode

EN6 3PY

Local Authority

Hertsmere

Decision Status

Undecided

Current Status

Awaiting decision

Ward

Potters Bar Furzefield

Parish

No Parish

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

17 August 2026

Date Validated

17 August 2026

Date Submitted

17 August 2026

Planning Decision

Case Officer

Georgia O'Brien

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents

124

Coordinates

51.697056, -0.233712

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Hertsmere

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Planning history at this site

4 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: South Mimms
Listed building: Grade II: The White Hart Public HouseOn this site · +2 more
Green belt: Hertsmere
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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Apcar Smith Planning
3.4 miBorehamwood
RTPI
DLA Town Planning Ltd
6.5 miSt Albans
RTPI
Homz
9.6 miHarpenden
RTPI

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