Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Hertsmere › Neighbourhood Potters Bar Parkfield › Postcode EN6 1LN What's changing near EN6 1LN Within 2 km, around Potters Bar Parkfield in Hertsmere. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
78 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
14 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.1% like-for-like prices in Potters Bar Parkfield, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.2%)
+5% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
Black pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first New homes 15 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 24 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed flats · May 2026
May 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed flats · Nov 2025
Nov 2025 Planning permission Apr 2021 Planning permission Permission for 6 homes South Block Parkside, High Street, Street Potters Bar, EN6 5AU (full planning permission) Feb 2021 Planning permission Feb 2021 School closed School closed: Serene House School Other independent special school, other independent special school (closure)
Jul 2020 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 19 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
15 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 37 m²
31 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in EN6 1LN itself
Spotted when a home's energy certificate shows at least 15 m² (and 15%) more floor area than an earlier one. Only homes with two certificates show up, so the real number is higher. A busy street suggests extensions get permission here; check the council's planning register for the details.
Storm overflows within 2 km 1 storm overflows within 2 km
25 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
9 spill events counted
Environment Agency event duration monitoring, 2025 annual return (OGL; © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026). Overflows release diluted sewage into rivers and the sea when sewers are overwhelmed, mostly after heavy rain.
Solar, wind and battery projects within 10 km 26 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (18 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Multi Storage, Cranborne Industrial Estate - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Apr 2023 Rooftop solar Queenswood School, Shepherds Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Aug 2023 Solar farm Wrotham Park - Solar Panels Planning application in · 30 MW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Welham Green - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 290 kW
Aug 2022 Rooftop solar Blanche Lane, South Mimms - Solar Panels Being built · 610 kW
Aug 2023 Rooftop solar NIBSC, Blanche Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 220 kW
Dec 2023 Battery storage Tollgate Farm Battery Storage Being built · 50 MW
Feb 2022 Battery storage Dellsome Power Hatfield Grid Station - Energy storage facility Approved, not yet built · 5 MW
Jul 2021 Solar farm Tollgate Farm, Welham Green - Solar Farm Planning application in · 16 MW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar North London Ad Plant, Coursers Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 170 kW
Aug 2024 Rooftop solar Road and street works within 1 km 7 permitted works running now or planned, 3 of them major.
Major Darkes Lane, Potters Bar Highway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Heronfield, Potters Bar Highway improvement works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Swanley Bar Lane, Potters Bar Highway improvement works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Feb 2027 to Feb 2027 Standard Ladbrooke Drive, Potters Bar Highway improvement works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Wain Close, Potters Bar Utility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor The Causeway, Potters Bar Highway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Highfield Way, Potters Bar Highway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Feb 2017 Decided decided Apr 2014 Decided decided Sept 2014 Decided decided Apr 2025 Decided decided Oct 2013 Decided Silvertown Tunnel Highways · The new road tunnel will pass under the River Thames between Silvertown and North Greenwich decided May 2018 Pre-application application due March 2028 Transport schemes within 20 km Running nearest: Potters Bar Solar Farm (solar farm, 1.6 km); Land At Swanland Road (solar farm, 2.8 km); Cattlegate Farm Biogas (Farm AD) (anaerobic digestion, 5.1 km); Coursers Farm AD Plant (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 5.6 km); Elstree Film And TV Studios, Shenley Road - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 7.9 km).
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
Planning Inspectorate list of nationally significant infrastructure projects (roads, railways, energy, water, waste), October 2026 (OGL). Each is placed at one point, usually the middle of the site; long schemes run well beyond it.