Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hertfordshire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,974 approved · 226 refused · 211 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jul 1946 to 25 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
HCC, Bowmansgreen Jmi, Telford Rd, London Colney, Hertfordshire
Received 8 May 1998Hullock Pit Hill, Newnham Road, Newnham, Hertfordshire, SG7 5JX
Received 14 Mar 2017Watford Council, Wiggenhall Road, Watford, Hertfordshire
Received 17 Oct 1996Sandon Junior, Middle & Infant School, Rushden Road, Sandon, Hertfordshire, SG9 0QS
Received 23 Jul 2009Leavesden Green Primary School, High Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 7QZ
Received 16 Jul 1999Starmin (England) Ltd, Waterhall Farm Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire
Received 13 Aug 1998Broxbourne Day Services, King Arthur Court, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, EN8 8EH
Received 28 Oct 2015HCC, Former Ladbrooke School, High Street, Potters Bar., Hertfordshire
Received 11 Jan 2006Berkhamsted Sewage Treatment Works, Bullbeggers Lane, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 2RS
Received 28 May 2012South Medburn Farm Ltd, South Medburn Farm, Elstree, Hertfordshire
Received 12 Apr 1999Hatfield Quarry St Albans, Hertfordshire
Received 13 Mar 1991Veolia Depot, Acrewood Way, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0JY
Received 10 Feb 2016Peters Bros Ltd, Burnside, Hertfordshire
Received 21 Feb 2008HCC, Block B, Langleybury Campus, Hunton Bridge, Hertfordshire
Received 17 Aug 2001Caddington Sewage Treatment Works, Windmill Road, Pepperstock, Bedfordshire, LU1 4LQ
Received 20 Jun 2013Waterhall Quarry, Lower Hatfield Road, Hertford, SG13 8LF
Received 27 Feb 2009Harper Lane, Hertfordshire
Received 28 Jun 1995Woodside, Dunmow Rd. Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
Received 20 Sept 1995J Murphy & Sons Ltd, Three Hills/Codicote Heath, Hertfordshire
Received 18 Jun 1948Land at Redwell Wood Farm, Blackhorse Lane, South Mimms, Hertfordshire
Received 7 Oct 2008Starmin (England) Ltd, Waterhall Farm Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire
Received 25 Apr 1991Redbourn Special Treatment Works, Redbourn Road, AL3 6RP
Received 14 Nov 2018Home Farm, Wrotham Park, P Bar, Hertfordshire
Received 5 Jul 1995HCC, Edwinstree Middle School, Bowling Green Lane, Buntingford, Hertfordshire
Received 20 Jan 2005Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Hertfordshire County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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