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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.
3,381 approved · 682 refused · 314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Newlands Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8EL
Received 5 Jun 202343 Goodyers Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8AZ
Received 5 Jun 2023Telecommunications Equipment On Land At National Animal Welfare Trust Tylers Way Watford Hertfordshire
Received 6 Jun 20237 Heath Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1LQ
Received 6 Jun 202355 Allum Lane Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3NH
Received 6 Jun 20238 The Ridgeway Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8PR
Received 6 Jun 2023102 - 104 London Road Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9BS
Received 6 Jun 2023Block G Clare Hall Laboratories Blanche Lane South Mimms Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3LD
Received 7 Jun 2023Spylaw House Newlands Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8EL
Received 7 Jun 202382 Oakroyd Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2EN
Received 7 Jun 202321 Wren Crescent Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1AN
Received 7 Jun 2023300 Theobald Street Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4PG
Received 7 Jun 2023County End Magpie Hall Road Bushey Heath Bushey WD23 1NY
Received 7 Jun 20236 The Clover Field Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1DN
Received 8 Jun 20232 Christchurch Crescent Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8AH
Received 8 Jun 2023Telecommunications Equipment At Salters Field Part Of King George V Fields Watling Street Radlett Hertfordshire
Received 8 Jun 2023The Mansion Wrotham Park Barnet Hertfordshire EN5 4SB
Received 8 Jun 2023136 Watling Street Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7JH
Received 8 Jun 2023Kiss Kiss High Street Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3EU
Received 8 Jun 2023Hill Farm Watling Street Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7HP
Received 8 Jun 202321 Oundle Avenue Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4QG
Received 8 Jun 202325 Springfield Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1GL
Received 9 Jun 2023Site Of Former 16 Allum Lane Elstree Hertfordshire
Received 8 Jun 2023Kemprow Farm Kemprow Aldenham Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8NR
Received 9 Jun 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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