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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 · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hertsmere Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,290 approved · 655 refused · 304 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Sept 2020 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
24 St Francis Close Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2RH
Received 27 Jul 2022Land At 1 & 1A Drayton Road And Associated Neighbouring Premises At 48,50,52 & 52A Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire
Received 5 Aug 2022Annexe 51 Church Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1EY
Received 12 Oct 202214 Baker Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2EA
Received 18 Oct 202288 High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5AT
Received 4 Nov 2022Land On Bridgewater Way Adjacent To 7 Bridgewater Way Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4UA
Received 11 Nov 2022Cobden Hill Dell Land Rear And Adjacent To 22 Cobden Hill Radlett Hertfordshire
Received 5 Dec 2022Fenny Slade The Ridgeway Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5QS
Received 9 Dec 2022Land Rear Of 14 To 20 Pinewood Close Borehamwood Hertfordshire
Received 29 Dec 202211 Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1AD
Received 5 Jan 2023Cookesmead Common Lane Letchmore Heath Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8EQ
Received 12 Jan 202324 Burghley Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2JF
Received 13 Jan 20231 Ashmeads Court Porters Park Drive Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9JU
Received 17 Jan 2023Unit C Greatham Road Industrial Estate Greatham Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2NZ
Received 17 Jan 202323 Field View Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2NA
Received 17 Jan 2023Garages To Rear Of 23-25 Park Road And Land To The Rear Of 38-40 Watling Street Radlett Hertfordshire
Received 17 Jan 202339 Watford Road Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8LG
Received 18 Jan 2023Lychgate The Warren Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7DU
Received 19 Jan 20237 Holly Drive Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2QL
Received 19 Jan 20235 Boyce Close Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4TD
Received 23 Jan 202363 Elstree Road Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4GJ
Received 23 Jan 202372 Park Crescent Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3PU
Received 23 Jan 202320 Cobden Hill Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7JR
Received 23 Jan 2023Waterside Lodge Waterside Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7DY
Received 25 Jan 2023Records 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 Hertsmere Borough 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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