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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1,974 approved · 226 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cumberlow Green Farm, Rushden, Hertfordshire
Received 8 Apr 2004Land to the south of Royston Sewage Treatment Works, Royston
Received 11 Feb 2022Cranborne Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
Received 3 Mar 2008Fire Service, Garston Fire Station, Hertfordshire
Received 15 Nov 2006Berkhamsted Brick Co Ltd, Berkhamsted Brick Works, Hertfordshire
Received 4 Mar 1993Woodside Farm Enterprise, Ovaltine Farm, Hertfordshire
Received 16 Jul 1997Bayles Chartered Surveyors, Owles Farm, Buntingford, Hertfordshire., Hertfordshire
Received 20 Jun 2006ASM Metal Recycling Centre, Railway Terrace, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, WD4 8JE
Received 31 Jul 2007Blancomet Recycling Uk, Unit Y, Lyon Way, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0LB
Received 19 Sept 2018Buntingford Bypass, Hertfordshire
Received 10 Apr 1986Hertfordshire Skip Hire, 102, Leyden Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2BP
Received 3 Jun 2008HCC, Freman College, Bowling Green Lane, Buntingford, Hertfordshire
Received 26 Nov 2002land adjacent to Markyate Sewage Treatment Works, Watling Street, Markyate, Hertfordshire, AL3 8HJ
Received 24 Jan 2012Ickleford Primary School, Arlesey Road, Ickleford, Hertfordshire, SG5 3TG
Received 23 Feb 2022Harper Lane Quarry, Harper Lane, Shenley, Radlett, Hertfordshire, WD7 7HX
Received 2 Jul 2015Redland Aggregates Ltd, Cole Green Welwyn G C, Hertfordshire
Received 6 Sept 2007Biffa, Westmill Landfill, Westmill Road, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 0ES
Received 30 Apr 2007Westmill Landfill Site, Westmill Road, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 0ES
Received 12 Dec 2017Rossway Farm, Shooters Way, Hertfordshire
Received 23 Feb 1993HCC, Herts Young Mariners Base, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
Received 16 Apr 2004Land west of Bishop Way and East of the A10, Buntingford, Herts, SG9 9SL (Amwell View School)
Received 5 Sept 2025Coursers Farm, Coursers Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0PD
Received 18 Jun 2013Redbournbury, Hertfordshire
Received 1 Sept 1994HCC, Bushey Manor House, London Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire
Received 8 Jul 2003Records 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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