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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1,974 approved · 226 refused · 211 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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32 Bury Mead Road, Hitchin, Herts, SG5 1RT
Received 13 May 2019Clark Partnership, Stockers Farm, Hertfordshire
Received 18 Sept 1989HCC, Watton At Stone Jmi School, Rectory Lane, Watton At Stone, Hertfordshire
Received 20 Jun 2006Herts Property, Bridgewater Middle School, Bridle Way, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Received 25 May 2004South Mimms Depot, St Albans Road, South Mimms, EN6 3DT
Received 11 Feb 2021HCC, Woodside Centre, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Received 5 Jul 2010Reviva Composting Ltd, Elstree Hill South, Elstree, WD6 3BL
Received 30 Jan 2018Starmin (England) Ltd, Waterhall Farm Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire
Received 10 Aug 2001A602 and A10, North-West, Ware, Hertfordshire
Received 9 Mar 2017Blackbirds Farm, Blackbirds Lane, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, WD25 8BS
Received 13 Jul 2017Cromer Hyde Farm, Green Lanes, Cromer Hyde, Lemsford, AL8 7XD
Received 10 Jul 2025Graveley Junior Mixed School, Ashwell Common, Graveley, SG4 7LJ
Received 3 Sept 2008HCC, Hoe Lane Depot, Ware, Hertfordshire
Received 3 Dec 1999Rye Meads Sewage Treatment Works, Unadopted Roads South Side Of Toll Road Within Sewage Works Complex, Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, SG12 8JY
Received 27 Nov 2023HCC, High Wych Jmi, High Wych Rd, High Wych, Hertfordshire
Received 6 Jun 2016Orchard Primary School., Gammons Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD24 5JW
Received 30 May 2013Breakspeare School, Gallows Hill Lane, Abbots Langley, WD5 0BU
Received 27 May 2008Hertford Road, south-east Stevenage, area known as Bragbury End
Received 9 Mar 2017HCC, St Albans Girls School, Sandridgebury Lane, St Albans, Hertfordshire
Received 4 Aug 1999HCC, Wilbury Jmi, Bedford Rd, Letchworth, Hertfordshire
Received 9 Nov 2000R J & H Haulage, Metropolitan Station Approach, Hertfordshire
Received 6 Sept 1991HCC, Kings Langley Secondary School, Love Lane, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire
Received 1 Jul 1998Bedwell Park Quarry, Bedwell Avenue, Essendon, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 6AA
Received 26 Jul 2012Bushey Academy, London Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 3AA
Received 11 Apr 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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