Understanding planning · 13 min read
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1,974 approved · 226 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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HCC, Three Cherry Trees Lane Gypsy Site, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Received 11 Nov 2004Central Primary School, Stanley Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 2LX
Received 3 Mar 2014HCC, Spellbrook Primary School, Hertfordshire
Received 22 Nov 2004Windhill Primary and Nursery School, Windhill, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2NE
Received 28 Jun 2010HCC, Longmeadow Jmi, Oaks Cross, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Received 13 Oct 2005Station Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Received 15 Jan 1992HCC, Mount Pleasant Lane Jmi, Bricket Wood, Hertfordshire
Received 19 Mar 2002A F Budge (Contractors) Ltd, Phasels Wood, E Of Gt. Wood &, Hertfordshire
Received 24 Jan 1992Westmill Quarry, Westmill Road, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 0ES
Received 28 Jun 2013Berry Grove Lane Borrow Pit, Hertfordshire
Received 3 Jul 1990C F Cronin, Grove Farm, Bushey, Hertfordshire
Received 23 Sept 1986HCC, Boxmoor Jmi, Cowper Rd, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Received 23 Mar 2005Junction of A602 and A119
Received 3 Mar 2020Letchworth Golf Club, Letchworth Lane, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, SG6 3NQ
Received 3 Sept 2013Walkern Primary School, High Street, Walkern, Stevenage, SG2 7NS
Received 26 Jan 2016Cupid Green Depot, Redbourn Rd, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Received 4 Sept 1996Hertford Express Asphalt, Water Hall Quarry, Lower Hatfield Road, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG13 8LE
Received 26 May 2017Land at Bygrave Lodge Farm, Baldock, Hertfordshire
Received 3 May 2013HCC, Sandringham School, The Ridgeway, St Albans, Hertfordshire
Received 12 Oct 2005Beech Hyde JMI School, Nurseries Road, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, AL4 8TP
Received 12 Dec 2014St Albans Sand & Gravel Co Ltd, Codicote Chalk Pit, Hertfordshire
Received 15 Sept 1981HCC, Fire And Ambulance Station, College Rd, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
Received 30 Jul 1997R J & H Haulage, Metropolitan Station Approach, Hertfordshire
Received 26 Jan 1998HCC, Ware Road, Hertfordshire
Received 24 May 2005Records 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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