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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1,974 approved · 226 refused · 211 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Roman Way First School, Burns Road, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 5EQ
Received 13 Aug 2015HCC, Bedwell Park Quarry, Hertfordshire
Received 10 Apr 1986HCC, Longfield Site, Hitchin Rd, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Received 26 Feb 2002HCC, County Supplies Depot, Mount Pleasant Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Received 10 Jun 1997Chalk Hill, 10, Watford, Hertfordshire
Received 7 Jun 1993Herts Property, Garden Fields Jmi, Townsend Drive, St Albans, Hertfordshire
Received 5 Mar 2004W Wood, Colesdale Farm, Hertfordshire
Received 31 May 1990HCC, Five Oaks School, Travellers Lane, Hatfield, Herts, Hertfordshire
Received 6 Jul 2004JMC Ltd, Bovingdon Airfield, Hertfordshire
Received 26 Jun 1992Hatfield Quarry St Albans, Hertfordshire
Received 25 Jan 2002Pioneer Concrete (UK) Ltd, Old Railway Yard, Off Colne Way, North Watford, Hertfordshire
Received 11 Jun 1984Hartsfield JMI, Clothall Road, Baldock, Hertfordshire, SG7 6PB
Received 12 Jan 1999R J & H Haulage, Metropolitan Station Approach, Hertfordshire
Received 13 Sept 1989HCC, Berrygrove Primary and Nursery School, Forth Avenue, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD 25
Received 23 Apr 2007Roebuck Primary School, St Margaret's Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG28RG
Received 10 Sept 2014North London AD Facility, Coursers Road, Colney Heath, Hertfordshire, AL4 0PG
Received 15 Sept 2023Westmill Farm, Ware, Hertfordshire
Received 27 Jan 1997Water Hall Quarry, Land at Broad Green, Lower Hatfield Road, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG13 8LF
Received 14 Feb 2013Land Southwest of Farnham Road and North of Rye Street, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
Received 29 Apr 2020Prospect Planning, Burnside, Hertfordshire
Received 31 Jan 2005Roman Way First School, Burns Road, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 5EQ
Received 17 Oct 20172, Rattys Lane, Hoddesdon, EN11 0RF
Received 22 Dec 2016Summerswood Primary School, Furzehill Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 2DW
Received 23 Apr 2010HCC, New Farm, Weston Way, Baldock, Hertfordshire
Received 4 Aug 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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