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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.
3,323 approved · 664 refused · 307 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
91 Strafford Gate Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1PR
Received 6 Mar 202326 Letchmore Road Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8HT
Received 7 Mar 2023Bushey Grove Leisure Centre Aldenham Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2TD
Received 7 Mar 2023347 Bushey Mill Lane Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2AH
Received 7 Mar 202391 Mead Way Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2DJ
Received 7 Mar 2023347 Bushey Mill Lane Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2AH
Received 7 Mar 2023Telecommunications Equipment On Grass Verge Adjacent To 1 Gateshead Road Theobald Street Borehamwood Hertfordshire
Received 7 Mar 2023Former Bushey Health Centre London Road Bushey Hertfordshire
Received 7 Mar 202332 Links Drive Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8BE
Received 8 Mar 2023Units 3-4 At 26 Cranborne Industrial Estate Cranborne Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire
Received 8 Mar 2023Lescale Barnet Lane Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3QZ
Received 10 Mar 202392A Whitehouse Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1HE
Received 9 Mar 202324 Rodgers Close Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3HN
Received 9 Mar 2023Land At 1A Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire
Received 9 Mar 202310 - 11 Station Close Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1TL
Received 10 Mar 2023108 Park Avenue Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2BB
Received 10 Mar 202368 Danziger Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5DD
Received 10 Mar 202345 Melbourne Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3LL
Received 10 Mar 2023The Coopers House 1A Coopers Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 4AG
Received 10 Mar 202325 Primrose Gardens Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1BU
Received 13 Mar 202347 Battlers Green Drive Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8NE
Received 13 Mar 202310 Cygnet Close Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5NG
Received 13 Mar 202360 Elmfield Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2JJ
Received 13 Mar 202311 Harris Lane Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9ED
Received 13 Mar 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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