Planning application
Metropolitan House Darkes Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1AG
Works: New dwelling Major scheme
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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from Office (Class E) to Residential (Class C3) for 96 flats.
As published by the council, reference 26/0496/PD56M
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0496/PD56M
- Type
- PD - Prior Approval 56 day -C BUS TO RES
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Decision
- Granted As published: PD56 -Prior Approval Given
- Received
- 13 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 21 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 21 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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26/0494/FUL Granted
Metropolitan House Darkes Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1AG
Alterations to external fenestration including replacement windows, curtain walling, facing brick and render (additional plan received on 26.05.2026).
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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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13 Apr 2026
Received by Hertsmere
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21 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Decision issued: PD56 -Prior Approval Given
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24 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
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SF Planning Limited Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Cheltenham
Active · incorporated 2007 · Cheltenham
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
58 documents on file for this application
- Delegated report
- Decision notice
- Environmental health
- Proposed site plan
- Transport statement (dated june 2026)
- 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 roof plan
- Proposed basement plan
- Proposed ground floor plan
- Thames water response
- Highways comments
- Consultee comment submitted online
- Consultee comment submitted online
- Nra response
- Proposed elevation d - north
- Proposed elevation b - south
- Proposed elevation e f g h
- Proposed elevation k l m n
- Proposed elevation c - east
- Proposed elevation i j
- Existing elevation e f g h
- Proposed elevation a - west
- Existing elevation c - east
- Existing elevation i j
- Existing elevation d - north
- Existing elevation b - south
- Existing elevation a - west
- Application form redacted
- Flood risk assessment
- Phase 1 environmental report - part 1
- Phase 1 environmental report - part 2
- Phase 1 environmental report - part 3
- Phase 1 environmental report - part 4
- Cover letter 2026
- Fire statement
- Internal daylight report
- Noise and vibration assessment report
- Existing 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 location plan
- Proposed refuse strategy
- Cil form 1: cil additional information
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Hertsmere granted permission on 21 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.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Metropolitan House Darkes Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1AG
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