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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.
3,367 approved · 680 refused · 312 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Homecedars House Elstree Road Bushey Heath Hertfordshire
Received 23 May 2023Lupa House York Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1PX
Received 22 May 202334 Masefield Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2HQ
Received 22 May 202339 - 41 Melbourne Road Bushey Hertfordshire
Received 22 May 202323 Christchurch Crescent Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8AQ
Received 23 May 202359 Oakroyd Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2EN
Received 22 May 202314 Reddings Avenue Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3PB
Received 22 May 202317 Abingdon Place Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1TF
Received 23 May 2023109 Baker Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2ET
Received 23 May 2023109 Baker Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2ET
Received 23 May 202382 Ashfield Avenue Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4LN
Received 23 May 202317 Grange Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2LQ
Received 23 May 2023Site Of Former Scout Hut Mimms Hall Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3EH
Received 23 May 20234 - 8 Barnet Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2QS
Received 23 May 2023Bel Air California Lane Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1EP
Received 24 May 2023126A Watling Street Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7JH
Received 25 May 2023126 Watling Street Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7JH
Received 25 May 202330 Billy Lows Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1XN
Received 24 May 2023Potters Bar Nursery The Ridgeway Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5QS
Received 24 May 202313 Goodyers Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8AY
Received 24 May 2023109 Coleridge Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2AF
Received 24 May 20238-10 Blattner Close Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3PD
Received 25 May 202336 Belmont Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2JP
Received 24 May 202355 Deacons Hill Road Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3HZ
Received 24 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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