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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.
3,310 approved · 663 refused · 307 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Heritage House 345 Southbury Road Enfield Middx WN1 1TW
Received 16 Feb 202329 Southgate Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5EA
Received 16 Feb 202322 - 24 Wayside Avenue Bushey Hertfordshire
Received 16 Feb 202387 - 89 Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1AG
Received 16 Feb 202387 - 89 Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1AG
Received 16 Feb 202312 Watford Road Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8LD
Received 16 Feb 202327 The Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1EG
Received 16 Feb 202310 Heath Drive Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1EH
Received 17 Feb 2023BBC Elstree Centre Clarendon Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1JF
Received 16 Feb 202329 Osborne Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1SD
Received 20 Feb 2023Flat 1 Saxby Court Aldenham Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2WX
Received 20 Feb 2023Haberdashers Askes School For Girls Aldenham Road Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3BT
Received 17 Feb 202326 Forbes Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5NH
Received 17 Feb 2023152 Furzehill Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2DX
Received 17 Feb 2023The White House Waterside Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7DY
Received 20 Feb 202339 Highview Gardens Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5PN
Received 20 Feb 20235 Middle Down Aldenham Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8BW
Received 20 Feb 20234 Fishers Close Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2GY
Received 20 Feb 20236 Middle Down Aldenham Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8BW
Received 21 Feb 202347 Rodgers Close Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3HN
Received 20 Feb 20238 The Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1EB
Received 21 Feb 2023Elstree Film And TV Studios Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1JG
Received 20 Feb 202373 High Street Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1BL
Received 21 Feb 202320 Cobden Hill Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7JR
Received 21 Feb 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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