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Potters Bar - HMO Planning Restrictions
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HERTSMERE BOROUGH COUNCIL
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
(GENERAL PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT) (ENGLAND)
ORDER 2015 (GPDO)
NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF A DIRECTION
UNDER ARTICLE 4(1)
NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
(GENERAL PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT)
(ENGLAND) ORDER 2015 UNDER ARTICLE 4 (1)
(DIRECTION WITH NON IMMEDIATE EFFECT)
Notice is given that Hertsmere Borough Council has confirmed an Article 4 Direction made on 23 April 2026 under Article 4 (1) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
The Direction will come into force on 6th May 2027.
The Direction applies to the Borough Council wards of Potters Bar, being Potters Bar Parkfield Ward, Potters Bar Oakmere Ward, Potters Bar Furzefield Ward and Bentley Heath & The Royds Ward.
The Direction relates to development comprising change of use of a building from a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) to a use falling within Class C4 (Houses in Multiple Occupation) of that Order and withdraws permitted development rights for this type of development. An application will therefore need to be made to the Council for the grant of planning permission under Part III of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) before such development can be undertaken.
A copy of the Direction as confirmed and a plan to which it relates can be inspected at Customer Services, Civic Offices, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, Herts, WD6 1WA during normal opening hours or can be viewed on the Council’s website by clicking on the link given below:-
Head of Planning, Economic Development and Climate Change
Hertsmere Borough Council
12th August 2026
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