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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.
3,350 approved · 676 refused · 310 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
157 High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5BB
Received 28 Apr 2023Hillside Potters Lane Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5NX
Received 28 Apr 202375 Elmroyd Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2EF
Received 28 Apr 202329 Cotton Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5JT
Received 28 Apr 202329 Cotton Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5JT
Received 28 Apr 2023Lower Kitts End Farm Kitts End Road Barnet Hertfordshire EN5 4RL
Received 2 May 202337 Park Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3EE
Received 2 May 2023Bhaktivedanta Manor Dharam Marg Hilfield Lane Aldenham Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8EZ
Received 3 May 202320 Oakroyd Close Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2EW
Received 2 May 202345 Burghley Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2JL
Received 2 May 202359 Cowley Hill Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5LQ
Received 2 May 202319 Sunnybank Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2NW
Received 2 May 20238 Watford Road Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8LD
Received 28 Apr 2023131 Little Bushey Lane Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4SB
Received 2 May 202318 The Birches Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4TW
Received 2 May 202315 Gables Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4SP
Received 2 May 202311 The Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1EG
Received 2 May 202312 Edgbaston Drive Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9HT
Received 2 May 20235 Parkfield View Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1US
Received 4 May 2023179 Little Bushey Lane Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4RX
Received 3 May 2023367 Bushey Mill Lane Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2AH
Received 3 May 202359 Cowley Hill Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5LQ
Received 2 May 202322 Hamblings Close Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9JJ
Received 3 May 2023South Medburn Farm Watling Street Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3AA
Received 3 May 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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