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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1,974 approved · 226 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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, Boxmoor House School, Box Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Received 27 Nov 1998HCC, Thorne Grove School, Thorne Grove, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
Received 2 Jul 2002Little Green Junior School, Lincoln Drive, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 3NJ
Received 22 Sept 2011HCC, Martindale Jmi,Boxted Rd, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Received 30 Aug 2002T J Batchelor, Smarts Wood, Hertfordshire
Received 10 Feb 1987B & T Motor Salvage Limited, Cole Green Service Station, Cole Green, Hertford, Herts, SG14 2NL
Received 22 Dec 2017Brookdell Yard, St Albans Road, Garston, Hertfordshire WD25 0GB
Received 29 Jun 2022Land Rear Of Bridle Croft, Blanche Lane, South Mimms., Hertfordshire
Received 21 Jan 1985Faulkners, Westwick Row Farm, Hertfordshire
Received 18 Aug 2006Salisbury Trust Pool Settlement, Castle Chalk Pit South Mimms, Hertfordshire
Received 24 Jul 1946Hertford Yacht Club, Rye Meads Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire
Received 16 Sept 1987Wilbury Hill, (west of Stotfold Road & south of Icknield Way footpath), Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
Received 2 Feb 2012Vale Farm, Bourne End, Hertfordshire
Received 28 Feb 1992Beechwood Homes Ltd, Land Off Great North Road, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Received 16 Nov 1999HCC, Roundwood Hostel, Hixberry Lane, St Albans, Hertfordshire
Received 21 Jul 1998Windhill Primary and Nursery School, Windhill, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2NE
Received 6 May 2014Yorke Mead Primary School, Dulwich Way, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 3PX
Received 8 Mar 2010HCC, The Causeway, King Harry Lane, St Albans, Hertfordshire
Received 26 Jun 1997Bushey Heath Primary School, The Rutts, Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, WD23 1SP
Received 1 Apr 2015Hudnall Park House, Hudnall Common, Little Gaddesden, HP4 1QN
Received 17 Jun 2025Thundridge Primary School, Ermine Street, Thundridge, SG12 0SY
Received 2 Sept 2008Hallingbury Rd, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
Received 16 May 1995Charlton Mead Lane, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
Received 30 Jul 1997Pole Hole Quarry, Eastwick Road, Gilston, Harlow, Hertfordshire, CM20 2RN
Received 12 Jul 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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