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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1,974 approved · 226 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Hollingson Meads, Harlow, Hertfordshire
Received 28 Nov 1996HCC, Social Services Centre, Woollam Crescent, St Albans, Hertfordshire
Received 30 Nov 1999Highground, Station Yard, Smallford, Hertfordshire
Received 3 Oct 2000HCC, Birchwood High School, Parsonage Lane, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
Received 12 Jan 2007Paul Machin, Anstey Quarry, Hertfordshire
Received 29 Jan 1997Thomas Alleynes School, High St, Stevenage, Hertfordshire,, High St
Received 13 Aug 2007Redbournbury, Hertfordshire
Received 27 Feb 1976HCC, Pixmore School, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire
Received 17 May 2005Aycliffe Drive Primary School, Aycliffe Drive, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 6LJ
Received 13 Feb 2009The Slip, Cattlegate Farm, Cattlegate Road, Enfield, EN2 8AU
Received 24 Aug 2011Herts Property, Cheshunt Day Centre, King Arthur Court, Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, EN8 8EH
Received 11 Nov 2010Wyatt of Snetterton Ltd, Westbrook Hay, Bourne End, Hertfordshire
Received 17 Oct 1991Rattys Lane, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
Received 17 Sept 2015M S H Heselton Properties, Model Farm, Harperbury, Hertfordshire
Received 18 Aug 1989Land at Crompton Road, Stevenage, Herts
Received 8 Aug 2024Eco Aggregates, Land at Birchall Lane/Cole Green Lane, Hertfordshire
Received 15 Oct 2013Stevenage Old Town Library, 38 High Street, Stevenage, SG1 3EF
Received 10 Feb 2022HCC, Boys High School, London Rd, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
Received 27 Jun 2001HCC and Diocese of St Albans, Land At Bury Green Road/Lieutenant Ellis Way, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
Received 5 Dec 2008Breaks Manor Youth Centre, Centre Link Drive, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 8TP
Received 17 Jul 2009Hudnall Park, Little Gaddesden, HP4 1QN
Received 24 Feb 20209, Furzehill Road, Borehamwood, WD6 2DG
Received 6 Jan 2017Radlett Airfield, Hertfordshire
Received 3 May 1983Harpenden Common Golf Club, East Common, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 1BL
Received 4 Mar 2016Records 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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