Potters Bar: Darkes Lane charity shop to become nail bar

The Barnet Hospital Charity store, at 55 Darkes Lane, will now become a nail salon with the name 'Happy Nail' used on initial plans.

Along with new floor plans and a new proposed frontage to the shop, the address' usage will be changed from Class E (retail) to Sue Generis (nail bar).

The former Barnet Hospital Charity store in Darkes Lane, Potters Bar. (Image: Google Maps)

A decision notice issued by Hertsmere Borough Council's planning committee reads: "In pursuance of its powers, the council hereby grants full planning permission for the development proposed by you in your application received by us on December 29, 2023.

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"The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission."

The full plans can be viewed by using reference 23/1808/FUL on the Hertsmere Borough Council planning portal.

Happy Nail, between Costa and Vape Jungle, in Potters Bar. (Image: Design Quarter / Hertsmere Borough Council)

No public comments or objections were made to the application.