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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1,974 approved · 226 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Redbournbury, Hertfordshire
Received 27 Feb 1976HCC, Bowmansgreen Jmi, Telford Rd, London Colney, Hertfordshire
Received 4 Oct 2000Roselands Primary School, High Wood Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 9AR
Received 8 Mar 2010Envirowaste Recycling Centre, Jacks Hill, Graveley, SG4 7EQ
Received 6 Sept 2016Park ESC, Field View Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 2NA
Received 22 Jun 2015Land to the North of Lower Luton Road, Harpenden, Harpenden, Herfordshire
Received 7 Dec 2018Church Lane Wormley
Received Not publishedHCC, Flamstead End Jmi, Longfield Lane, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
Received 19 Nov 2003Great Westwood Quarry, Fir Tree Hill, Chandlers Cross, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD3 4LY
Received 9 Feb 2010HCC, St Johns Infant School, Gills Hill Lane, Radlett, Hertfordshire
Received 4 Feb 2003Messrs Alfred McAlpine Ltd, Westwood Quarry, Hertfordshire
Received 14 Dec 1984Executors of JFJ Wadlow, Land At Holt Farm & Searches Farm, Bricket Wood, St Albans, Hertfordshire
Received 28 Feb 2001Butterwick Investments Ltd, Pearce House, Acrewood Way, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0JZ
Received 9 Apr 2015W H Smith Skip Hire Borehamwood Ltd, Allum Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire
Received 22 Jul 1991R J & H Haulage, Metropolitan Station Approach, Hertfordshire
Received 2 Oct 1992Land to the South of Whittington Way, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts
Received 29 Apr 2019Redbournbury, Hertfordshire
Received 21 Jul 1966HCC, Woodfield School, Malmes Croft, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Received 16 Mar 2000Mr P F Holmes, Rear Of St Marks Close, Colney Heath, Hertfordshire
Received 25 Jan 1988The Leys Primary School and Nursery, Ripon Road, Stevenage, SG1 4QZ
Received 14 Aug 2017Rowans Primary School, Rowans, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1NZ
Received 3 Aug 2009Anglian Water Technology Group, Hitchin Sewage Treatment Works, Bury Mead Road, Hitchin., Hertfordshire
Received 30 Jun 2004HCC, Widford Jmi, Ware Rd, Widford, Hertfordshire
Received 31 Mar 2005British Waterways, Amwell Quarry, Hollycross Rd, Ware, Hertfordshire
Received 20 Nov 1997Records 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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