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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3,323 approved · 666 refused · 307 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
90 Aldenham Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2EX
Received 13 Mar 202373 Bushey Hall Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2EN
Received 13 Mar 20231 Hastings Way Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2JX
Received 13 Mar 202373 Bushey Hall Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2EN
Received 13 Mar 202330 Park View Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5PY
Received 14 Mar 2023Haberdashers Askes School For Girls Aldenham Road Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3BT
Received 14 Mar 2023Scrubbitts Wood Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8DA
Received 15 Mar 202311 Oulton Crescent Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3ED
Received 14 Mar 2023Causeway Chapel The Causeway Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5HQ
Received 14 Mar 2023201 Mutton Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2AN
Received 15 Mar 2023183 Little Bushey Lane Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4RX
Received 15 Mar 202331 The Broadway Darkes Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2HX
Received 14 Mar 2023Unit 2 Elstree Distribution Park Elstree Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1RU
Received 16 Mar 202324 The Greenway Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2ND
Received 16 Mar 20233 Ashley Drive Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2JE
Received 17 Mar 20233 Ashley Drive Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2JE
Received 17 Mar 20233 Westwood Close Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1LH
Received 17 Mar 2023Catholic Church Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus And Saint John The Evangelist London Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1BA
Received 20 Mar 202320 Grange Road Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3LY
Received 17 Mar 202335 Kimble Crescent Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4SR
Received 17 Mar 202385 Cranborne Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3AQ
Received 17 Mar 2023Homeleigh Mildred Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2DH
Received 20 Mar 202353 The Walk Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1QG
Received 20 Mar 202323 Homefield Road Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8PX
Received 20 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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