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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.
3,352 approved · 677 refused · 310 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
South Medburn Farm Watling Street Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3AA
Received 3 May 202343 - 45 High Road Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1EE
Received 3 May 202316 Nicholas Road Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3JY
Received 4 May 202335 Deepdene Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3DF
Received 4 May 202314 The Grove Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7NF
Received 5 May 202367 Manor Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1QR
Received 4 May 20235 Bourne Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3NH
Received 4 May 202382 Watling Street Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7AB
Received 5 May 202316 Broadfield Court Bushey Heath Hertfordshire WD23 1JB
Received 5 May 202382 Deepdene Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3DE
Received 4 May 202333 Elmfield Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2JH
Received 5 May 202350 Aycliffe Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4JW
Received 5 May 20234 Gateshead Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4NQ
Received 5 May 2023Land Opposite 1 Hamilton Business Park Stirling Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire
Received 9 May 2023Land Opposite 1 Hamilton Business Park Stirling Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire
Received 9 May 202378 Newberries Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7EP
Received 9 May 2023Rosary Priory Convent 93 Elstree Road Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4EE
Received 10 May 2023The Bushey Academy London Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3AA
Received 10 May 20234 Santers Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2BU
Received 9 May 2023Land Adjacent To 117 Cranborne Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire
Received 9 May 2023201 Mutton Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2AN
Received 10 May 2023Birchwood Manor Theobald Street Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7LT
Received 10 May 202333 Kenilworth Drive Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1QL
Received 10 May 202315 Heath Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1LJ
Received 10 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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