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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.
3,372 approved · 681 refused · 313 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
130 Little Bushey Lane Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4SA
Received 24 May 2023Telecommunications Equipment Adjacent To Stuart Court High Street Elstree Hertfordshire
Received 25 May 2023Unit 12 Hamilton Business Park Stirling Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2FR
Received 25 May 202329 Haydon Road Watford WD19 4DE
Received 25 May 2023County End (now 19a-e Elizabeth Grove) Magpie Hall Road Bushey Heath Bushey WD23 1NY
Received 25 May 20231 Grove Cottages Hogg Lane Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3AL
Received 25 May 2023The White House 70 High Road Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1GG
Received 26 May 202339 The Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1ED
Received 25 May 2023Immanuel College 87 - 91 Elstree Road Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4EB
Received 26 May 2023151A Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire
Received 26 May 202327 Belmont Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2JR
Received 26 May 202328 Morgan Gardens Aldenham Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8BF
Received 26 May 20232 Russet Drive Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9RH
Received 26 May 20237 Taylers Cottages Crossoaks Lane Ridge Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3LL
Received 26 May 2023County End Magpie Hall Road Bushey Heath Bushey WD23 1NY
Received 26 May 202345 Tennison Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2BG
Received 26 May 202385 Cranborne Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3AQ
Received 26 May 20233 Malthouse Place Newlands Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8EX
Received 30 May 202322 Ripon Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2HS
Received 30 May 202313 The Crosspath Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8HR
Received 30 May 202344 Newlands Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8EL
Received 30 May 202312 Gills Hill Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8BZ
Received 30 May 2023Units 4 To 5 Riverside Industrial Estate London Colney Bypass London Colney Hertfordshire AL2 1AY
Received 30 May 2023Apartment 3 18 Watford Road Radlett Bushey Hertfordshire WD7 8LE
Received 30 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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