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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.
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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1,974 approved · 226 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
British Waterways, Amwell Quarry, Hollycross Rd, Ware, Hertfordshire
Received 16 Sept 1987Land adjacent to Ware Household Waste Recycling Centre
Received 2 Oct 2024Land Adjoining Coopers Green Lane, Hatfield Quarry, Oaklands Lane
Received 16 Nov 2018HCC, Beechwood Family Centre, St Albans Rd, Watford, Hertfordshire
Received 19 Jan 2006Sandridge Primary School, Woodcock Hill, Sandridge, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 9EB
Received 17 Sept 2012HCC, Sir John Lawes School, Manland Way, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Received 20 Nov 2001Blackbirds Farm, Blackbirds Lane, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, WD25 8BS
Received 13 Jul 2017HCC, London Road, Stevenage., Hertfordshire
Received 3 Jul 1991Markyate Village School & Nursery, Cavendish Road, Markyate, AL3 8PT
Received 12 Nov 2014Micklem JMI School, Boxted Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 2QH
Received 18 May 2000Cranborne Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
Received 25 Apr 2007Valentines Farm, Galley Lane, Barnet, EN5 4RA
Received 7 Apr 2020Bedwell Park Quarry, Bedwell Avenue, Essendon, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 6AA
Received 30 Jun 2011Farnham House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2ST
Received 7 Mar 2018HCC, Birchwood High School, Parsonage Lane, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
Received 20 Feb 2004Hammondstreet Road, N Of., Hertfordshire
Received 17 Jan 1990HCC, Chater Jmi, Addiscombe Rd, Watford, Hertfordshire
Received 10 Dec 2002W Wood, Colesdale Farm, Hertfordshire
Received 9 Jul 1996HCC, Baldock Bypass, Hertfordshire
Received 29 May 2003Biffa Waste Services, Westmill Farm, Westmill, SG12 0ES
Received 9 Apr 2014HCC, Parkgate Jm School, Southwold Rd, Watford, Hertfordshire
Received 1 Aug 2001Redland Aggregates Ltd, Rickneys Quarry, Hertfordshire
Received 2 Jun 1988HCC, Hemel Hempstead School, Anchor Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Received 23 Jul 2003Land adjacent to Harpenden Household Recycling Centre, Dark Lane, Harpenden, -- Herts--, AL5 1QA
Received 11 May 2017Records 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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