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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1,974 approved · 226 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Netherwylde Farm Bricket Wood, Hertfordshire
Received 4 Aug 1998New Barnfield, Travellers Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Received 16 Nov 2011C S G, R, J, M H L Campion, The Withey Bed, Moor La, Rckmn, Hertfordshire
Received 31 Jul 1985Croxley Sheds, Wiggenhall Road, Hertfordshire
Received 19 Jan 1994Hanson Aggregates Ltd, Rickneys, Chapmore End, Hertfordshire
Received 9 Mar 1984HCC, Woburn Avenue, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
Received 19 Jun 2000Vincent and Gorbing, Former Pines Jmi And Nursery School, Divot Place, Hertford, Hertfordshire
Received 19 Jun 2006Land adjacent to the B197, North of Graveley, Hertfordshire
Received 8 Oct 2010Maple Lodge Sewage Treatment Works, Denham Way, Maple Cross, Hertfordshire, WD3 9SF
Received 16 Sept 2015Little Green Junior School, Lincoln Drive, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, WD3 3NJ
Received 15 Mar 2023The Orchard Primary School, Gammons Lane, Watford, WD24 5JW
Received 9 Dec 2013HCC, Crabtree Jmi, Crabtree Lane, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Received 20 Feb 2002HCC, Peartree Primary School, Peartree Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Received 6 Apr 2017Redbournbury, Hertfordshire
Received 27 Feb 1976HCC, Monksmead First School, Hillside Avenue, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Received 14 Mar 2000Mill Mead Primary School, Port Vale, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 3AA
Received 15 Jul 2014Scott Petrie, Foxholes Farm Hertford, Hertfordshire
Received 9 Nov 1988HCC, Yorke Mead Jmi, Dulwich Way, Croxley Green, Hertfordshire
Received 14 Apr 1998Seth Ward Community Centre, Luynes Rise, Buntingford, Hertfordshire, SG9 9SG
Received 26 Jul 2010HCC, Oakwood Jmi, Oakwood Drive, St Albans, Hertfordshire
Received 18 Aug 2006HCC, Broxbourne School, High Rd, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
Received 11 May 2000St Albans Sand & Gravel Co Ltd, Codicote Chalk Pit, Hertfordshire
Received 26 Oct 2006South Mimms Gypsy Transit Site, Bignells Corner, St Albans Road, South Mimms, Hertfordshire, EN5 4RE
Received 24 Apr 2012Brittannia Road, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire
Received 27 Jun 2008Records 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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