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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.
3,355 approved · 678 refused · 310 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barracuda 39 High Street Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1BD
Received 10 May 2023Little Reddings Primary School Reddings Avenue Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3PR
Received 10 May 2023Land East Of Rowley Lane Borehamwood Hertfordshire
Received 10 May 2023Haberdashers Askes School For Girls Aldenham Road Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3BT
Received 10 May 2023Land At Coleridge Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire
Received 10 May 2023Hartsbourne Primary School Hartsbourne Road Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1SJ
Received 10 May 2023Workshop At 134 Chace Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire
Received 10 May 202336 Northfield Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5AQ
Received 11 May 202319 Oakridge Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8EW
Received 11 May 202334 Hartforde Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5JT
Received 11 May 202349, Longview, And Land To The Rear London Road Shenley Hertfordshire
Received 11 May 20231 Hastings Way Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2JX
Received 12 May 2023Dental Surgery 1 Clarendon Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1BD
Received 12 May 2023Land Adjacent Haven Court Glenhaven Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1BB
Received 12 May 2023175 Herkomer Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3LH
Received 11 May 2023Units 2-3 Warwick Place Warwick Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1UA
Received 12 May 202328 Bullhead Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1HS
Received 12 May 202335 Bushey Hall Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2EE
Received 12 May 202317 Melrose Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2BH
Received 12 May 20231 Kingsland Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2SW
Received 15 May 202323 Crabtree Close Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3BJ
Received 15 May 202382 Linton Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4QY
Received 15 May 20232 Langmead Drive Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4GD
Received 15 May 20233 Beech Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7DD
Received 15 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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