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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.
3,315 approved · 663 refused · 307 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Trafford Close Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9HU
Received 21 Feb 202387 Cowley Hill Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5NA
Received 21 Feb 202337 Battlers Green Drive Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8NE
Received 21 Feb 2023115 Grantham Green Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2JH
Received 21 Feb 202310 Aldenham Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8HX
Received 21 Feb 2023Regency House Watling Street Radlett Hertfordshire
Received 21 Feb 20236 Winthorpe Gardens Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4QQ
Received 21 Feb 20235 Church Close Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8BJ
Received 22 Feb 2023Videne Hawkshead Road Little Heath Potters Bar EN6 1LX
Received 22 Feb 202313 Ripon Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2HU
Received 22 Feb 20236 Green Street Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5NE
Received 22 Feb 202313 Ripon Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2HU
Received 22 Feb 202328 Keats Close Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2FE
Received 22 Feb 20231 Woodlands Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2LS
Received 22 Feb 202317 London Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2LA
Received 22 Feb 2023The Field House Barnet Lane Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3QU
Received 23 Feb 202318 Spring Close Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5HD
Received 23 Feb 2023Oak Villa Wash Lane South Mimms Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3QA
Received 23 Feb 202315 Elmfield Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2JH
Received 23 Feb 202391 Mead Way Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2DJ
Received 23 Feb 202387 Furzehill Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2DN
Received 23 Feb 2023White Oaks Wash Lane South Mimms Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3QA
Received 23 Feb 20231 Berry Grove Cottages Berry Grove Lane Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8HN
Received 24 Feb 20232 Bishops Avenue Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3LZ
Received 24 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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