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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.
3,328 approved · 666 refused · 307 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Northlands Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5DE
Received 20 Mar 202352 The Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1ED
Received 20 Mar 202365 Dugdale Hill Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2DR
Received 20 Mar 202334 Tennison Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2BE
Received 20 Mar 202334 Tennison Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2BE
Received 20 Mar 202313 Little Potters Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4QT
Received 20 Mar 202316 Loom Lane Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8AD
Received 20 Mar 202315 Laurel Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2AF
Received 20 Mar 20234 Park Crescent Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3PU
Received 20 Mar 202352 Williams Way Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7HB
Received 20 Mar 2023Land Adjacent To Lismirrane Industrial Park Elstree Road Elstree Hertfordshire
Received 20 Mar 2023The Cat & Fiddle 14 Cobden Hill Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7JR
Received 20 Mar 2023The Cat & Fiddle 14 Cobden Hill Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7JR
Received 20 Mar 20236 Barham Avenue Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3PN
Received 20 Mar 20231 Meryfield Close Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4PL
Received 21 Mar 20238 Merry Hill Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1DY
Received 20 Mar 202349 Featherstone Gardens Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2LP
Received 21 Mar 202349 Featherstone Gardens Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2LP
Received 21 Mar 2023301 Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1TH
Received 21 Mar 2023The Meadows Castleford Close Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4AL
Received 21 Mar 202321 Newlands Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8EH
Received 21 Mar 2023Land At Cowley Hill Stables Cowley Hill Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5NA
Received 22 Mar 202316 Allum Lane Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3NS
Received 22 Mar 2023Kendal Hall Farm Watling Street Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7LH
Received 22 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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