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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1,974 approved · 226 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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HCC, West Hyde&Maple Cross Yc, Old Uxbridge Rd, West Hyde, Hertfordshire
Received 9 Aug 2018The Highfield School, Highfield, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, SG6 3QA
Received 26 Jun 2008HCC, Therfield First School, The Causeway, Therfield, Hertfordshire
Received 26 Jan 2001HCC, Nobel School, Mobbsbury Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Received 20 Nov 2001Biffa Waste Services Ltd, Westmill Quarry, Westmill Rd, Ware, Hertfordshire
Received 6 Aug 1997HCC, Northgate Jmi, Cricketfield Lane, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
Received 30 May 1997Herts Property, Cheshunt Day Centre, King Arthur Court, Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, EN8 8EH
Received 22 Sept 1997Chadwell Springs Golf Club, Hertford Road, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 9LE
Received 18 Jan 2016Buttermilk Hall Farm, Buntingford, Hertfordshire, SG9 9RH
Received 12 Nov 2014Anglian Water Technology Group, Sludge Treatment Works, Caldwell Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Received 30 Jun 2004Hertford Yacht Club, Rye Meads Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire
Received 6 Mar 1991Winters Haulage Ltd, Wrotham Park Estate, St Albans Road, South Mimms, Hertfordshire
Received 13 Oct 1999Westmill Quarry, Westmill Road, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 0ES
Received 15 May 2023Munden Estate, Watford - The Park, Hertfordshire
Received 11 May 1998Pynesfield, off Tilehouse Lane, Maple Cross, Rickmansworth, Herfordshire
Received 9 Jun 2015Former Sir James Altham School site and Homeoaks Group Home, Land to the East of Lytham Avenue, South Oxhey
Received 23 Aug 2023HCC, Round Diamond Jmi, Mildmay Rd, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Received 14 Apr 1998B W Ellis, Plashes Farm, Hertfordshire
Received 26 Jul 2001Thames Waste Management, Rye Meads, Hertfordshire
Received 14 Apr 1999Broadway Farm, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Received 23 Feb 1993Watling View School, Watling View, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 2NU
Received 22 Dec 2022Biffa, Westmill Landfill, Westmill Road, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 0ES
Received 20 Jul 2011Thorley Hall Farm, Thorley Wash, Thorley, Bishops Stortford, CM23 4AT
Received 29 Aug 2024Lime Tree Childrens Centre, West View, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, SG6 3QN
Received 5 Nov 2012Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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