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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1,974 approved · 226 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Panshanger Park, Panshanger Lane, Hertford, SG14 2NA
Received 24 Mar 2021HCC, Maple JMI, Hertfordshire
Received 18 Apr 2007HCC, Eastman Way, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Received 20 May 1991Cinnamond Reclamation Ltd, Hamberlins Farm, Dudswell, Hertfordshire
Received 29 Oct 1991Caldecote Farm, Caldecote Lane, Bushey, WD23 4EF
Received 26 Oct 2020Rickmansworth Library, High Street, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 1EH
Received 12 Sept 2024Hatfield Quarry St Albans, Hertfordshire
Received 14 Apr 2003Bellgate Primary School, Fletcher Way, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Received 11 Jan 2008HCC, Blackhorse Road, Letchworth, Hertfordshire
Received 8 May 1991HCC, Land In Mill Lane, Welwyn, Hertfordshire
Received 14 Apr 1998The Reddings Primary & Nursery School, Bennetts End Road., Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 8DX
Received 21 May 2013Roebuck Primary School & Nursery, St Margarets, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 8RG
Received 6 Apr 2010Manland Primary School, Sauncey Avenue, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4QW
Received 6 Jun 2016Brittannia Road, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire
Received 26 Nov 2007Cattlegate Farm, Cattlegate Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 8AU
Received 10 Sept 2014Millmead J M I School, Port Vale, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 3AA
Received 23 Dec 2014St Albans Childrens Centre, Church Crescent, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 5JB
Received 23 Oct 2025Kolak Snack Food Ltd, Bowman Trading Estate, Bessemer Drive, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2DL
Received 18 Oct 2018HCC, Great Ashby Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Received 7 Feb 2001HCC, Lordship Farm Jmi, Four Acres, Letchworth, Hertfordshire
Received 16 Aug 1999Herts Property, Cheshunt Day Centre, King Arthur Court, Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, EN8 8EH
Received 24 Jul 2000HCC, Woodlands First School, Alban Cresecent, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Received 25 Feb 2000HCC, Meridian School, Garden Walk, Royston, Hertfordshire
Received 13 Jun 2001M S H Heselton Properties, Model Farm, Harperbury, Hertfordshire
Received 8 Nov 1990Records 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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