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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1,974 approved · 226 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Roundwood Park School, Roundwood Park, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 3AE
Received 15 May 2001CEDC Ltd, Stortford Lime Works Bishops S, Hertfordshire
Received 4 Jun 1990Harper Lane, Hertfordshire
Received 3 Jul 2001Hertfordshire Fire & Rescue Service, Fire Station, Rectory Road, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 1FJ
Received 2 Mar 2012Harpenden and District Indoor Bowling Club, North of Waldegrave Park, Harpenden, HERTS, AL5 5SF
Received 26 Nov 2013Greenham Sand & Ballast Co Ltd, Waterford Pit Bramfield La, Hertfordshire
Received 7 Sept 1995HCC, Martindale Jmi,Boxted Rd, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Received 13 Oct 2000HCC, The Leys Jmi, Ripon Rd, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Received 22 May 2001Hudnall Park, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, HP4 1QN
Received 24 May 2018Eco Aggregates, Land at Birchall Lane/Cole Green Lane, Hertfordshire
Received 26 Sept 2013Cavendish Point, Cavendish Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2EG
Received 26 Jul 2010HCC, Summerswood First School, Furzehill Rd, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Received 7 Feb 2001Land Southwest of Farnham Road and North of Rye Street, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
Received 24 Oct 2018Gilston Activities Ltd, Pole Hole Farm, Hertfordshire
Received 20 Apr 2005HCC, Woodside Centre, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Received 10 Aug 2004Land at Elstree Hill South, Elstree Hill, Adjacent to A41 Bypass, Hertfordshire (Reviva Composting Ltd)
Received 17 Feb 2009275, Sheepcot Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 7DL
Received 12 May 2008HCC, Anchor Street, Bishops Stortfd, Hertfordshire
Received 16 May 1991Fitzpatrick & Son (Contractors) Ltd, New Cottage Farm, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
Received 28 Jul 1989HCC, Benington C Of E Primary School, Walkern Road, Benington, Hertfordshire
Received 11 Mar 2005J Bridgeman & Sons, Mead Lane, Hertford, Hertfordshire
Received 12 Oct 1998HCC, Watton At Stone Jmi School, Rectory Lane, Watton At Stone, Hertfordshire
Received 18 Jan 200030, Burrowfields, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Received 12 Mar 2008Longfield Fire and Rescue Service Training Centre, Hitchin Road, Stevenage, Herts, SG1 4AE
Received 2 Apr 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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