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Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hertfordshire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

2,585Searchable applications

0Recorded as pending

90%Approval rate · 2,200 approved or refused records

226Refused applications

1,974 approved · 226 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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More application records

Condition DischargedPL/0102/19 - DOC
Application for the discharge of condition 19 (Travel Plan) and condition 20 (Bus Strategy Implementation Plan) of planning permission 5/2733-17
Land to the north of Lower Luton Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Received 26 Jun 2019
Conditionally PermittedPL\CCMIN0171\09
Single storey extension and alterations to existing nursery school to provide new children's centre and additional day care provision, new pedestrian and vehicular site access
Tenterfield Nursery School, London Road, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 9JF
Received 11 May 2009
Refusal9/0784-01
Vary condition 11 of pp 9/0369-00 (hours)
Pioneer Concrete (UK) Ltd, Old Railway Yard, Off Colne Way, North Watford, Hertfordshire
Received 5 Nov 2001
Conditionally PermittedPL\0170\09
Proposed Floodlit Multi Use Games Area (MUGA)
Hertswood Lower School, Cowley Hill, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 5LG
Received 5 May 2009
WithdrawnPL\0172\09
Application for change of use of the site from industrial use (B2) to waste use (sui generis) for end-of-life vehicle (ELV) dismantling and depollution and metal recycling, the erection of a 2 metre high wall with chain link above to an overall height of 4 metres in the south-west corner of the site and a 3 metre high fence along the northern boundary
WGC Metals Ltd., Bridge Works, Bridgefields, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1RX
Received 5 May 2009
Permitted3/1316-05
Application for a mobile classroom unit
HCC, Wheatcroft Jmi, Stanstead Rd, Hertford, Hertfordshire
Received 6 Jul 2005
Permitted3/1212-03
Car tyre shredding and crumbling plant for processing of new tyres
Tyre Recycling Centre (UK) Limted, Caxton Hill, Hertford, Hertfordshire
Received 4 Aug 2003
Conditionally PermittedPL\0405\12
Proposed construction and operation of an Anaerobic Digestion facility on land
Coursers Farm, Coursers Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0PD
Received 20 Jan 2012
Withdrawn3/1129-91
Use of quarry for the recycling of waste (chalk extraction to continue)
Paul Machin, Anstey Quarry, Hertfordshire
Received 13 Sept 1991
Permitted9/0008-97
Upgrading & refurbishment
HCC, Tolpits Lane Gypsy Site, Watford, Hertfordshire
Received 6 Jan 1997
Permitted9/0383-04
Modular building & link corridor
HCC, Westfield School/Community Tc, Tolpits Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire
Received 20 Apr 2004
Permitted9/0063-02
Extension for day care facility and additional hard play area
HCC, Kingswood Nursery School, Briar Rd, Watford, Hertfordshire
Received 29 Jan 2002
Permitted5/1137-89
Restoration of former domestic tip
Redland Aggregates Ltd, Blackbridge, Hertfordshire
Received 27 Jun 1989
Permitted3/0103-02
Single mobile classroom unit (accommodation for Special Learning Difficulties Base)
HCC, Thorley Hill Jmi, Park Lane, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
Received 18 Jan 2002
Permitted2/0165-99
Community Gymnastics Building
HCC, Marriotts School, Telford Avenue, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 0AN
Received 10 May 1999
PermittedPL/0288/22
Application for the variation of condition 1 of planning permission 0/1697-20 to extend time limit for completion by two years until 31st December 2024
Tyttenhanger Quarry, North Orbital Road, Colney Heath, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL2 1BT
Received 25 Aug 2022
PermittedE/0427-55
Extension of existing quarry
Paul Machin, Anstey Quarry, Hertfordshire
Received 7 Apr 1955
Withdrawn6/0563-97
Site Extension
HCC, Southfield School, Travellers Lane, Hertfordshire
Received 4 Jul 1997
Refusal5/0669-88
Importation of inert material to restore old refuse tip
Cronin plc, Moor Mill, Hertfordshire
Received 15 Apr 1988
Withdrawn0/0825-04
Erection of building and change of use, resubmission of app no 0/0123-04
Cripps Skips, Barnet Road (A1000), Bentley Heath, Nr Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
Received 29 Jul 2004
Permitted3/0724-97
Extensions
HCC, Ashwood Eph, New Rd, Ware, Hertfordshire
Received 19 May 1997
Not publishedPL\COND\0923\18
Discharge of conditions 18 and 21 of planning permission 3/2271-17 for the replacement and expansion of the existing household waste recycling centre
Ware Household Waste Recycling Centre, Land off A602, Westmill, Ware, Hertfordshire
Received 31 May 2018
Permitted3/0893-85
Retention of readymix concrete plant
Redland Readymix Ltd, Waterford Quarry, Hertfordshire
Received 18 Jul 1985
Permitted4/2121-99
Single mobile classroom unit
HCC, Collett School, Lockers Park, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Received 10 Dec 1999

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What these statistics cover

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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