Planning application
Metropolitan House Darkes Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1AG
Works: Windows or glazing
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Alterations to external fenestration including replacement windows, curtain walling, facing brick and render (additional plan received on 26.05.2026).
As published by the council, reference 26/0494/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0494/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Received
- 10 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 10 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 15 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Potters Bar Parkfield
- Parish
- No Parish
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EN6 1AG
Site history
Applications at this address on the Hertsmere register
This site has had 4 applications since 2021: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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26/0496/PD56M Granted
Metropolitan House Darkes Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1AG
Change of use from Office (Class E) to Residential (Class C3) for 96 flats.
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21/1448/PD56 Granted
Metropolitan House Darkes Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1AG
Change of use and conversion of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh floors from Use Class B1(a) office to (C3) residential dwellings with ground level car parking and basement & ground level refuse storage and cycle parking.
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21/1364/FUL Granted
Metropolitan House Darkes Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1AG
Relocation of condenser units to ground floor with acoustic canopy; consolidation of plant on first floor roof comprising an acoustic enclosure and provision of acoustic canopy over the customer order point for the McDonalds drive through restaurant.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Apr 2026
Received by Hertsmere
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15 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Grant Permission
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
SF Planning Limited Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Cheltenham
Active · incorporated 2007 · Cheltenham
254 applications on PlanIndex · across 27 councils · 89% granted
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See their track recordMETROPOLITAN HOUSE LIMITED Applicant, registered in London
Active · incorporated 2023 · London
1 application on PlanIndex
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
54 documents on file for this application
- Delegated report
- Decision
- Environment agency response
- Proposed bin store elevation
- Ea response
- Elevation a - west - proposed
- Elevation b - south - proposed
- Elevation c - east - proposed
- Elevation d - north - proposed
- Elevation e, f, g, h - proposed
- Elevation i, j - proposed
- Artistic impression - proposed
- Roof plan - proposed
- Parking strategy - culvert location
- Highways comments
- Consultee comment submitted online
- Environment agency response
- Proposal
- Applicationformredacted
- Attachmentsummary
- Ground floor plan - proposed
- First floor plan - proposed
- Second floor plan - proposed
- Third floor plan - proposed
- Fourth floor plan - proposed
- Fifth floor plan - proposed
- Sixth floor plan - proposed
- Seventh floor plan - proposed
- Eighth floor plan - proposed
- Basement floor plan - proposed
- Location plan - existing
- Site plan - existing
- Elevation a - west - existing
- Elevation b - south - existing
- Elevation c - east - existing
- Elevation d - north - existing
- Elevation e f g h - existing
- Elevation i j - existing
- Site plan - proposed
- Refuse strategy - proposed
- Ground floor plan - existing
- First floor plan - existing
- Second floor plan - existing
- Third floor plan - existing
- Fourth floor plan - existing
- Fifth floor plan - existing
- Sixth floor plan - existing
- Seventh floor plan - existing
- Eighth floor plan - existing
- Roof plan - existing
- Basement floor plan - existing
- Cover letter
- Form_1_cil_additional_information v2
- Transport statement
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Hertsmere granted permission on 15 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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