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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.
3,410 approved · 687 refused · 318 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
47 Prowse Avenue Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1LB
Received 4 Jul 202397 Cardinal Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1ST
Received 4 Jul 2023Unit 100 Centennial Park Centennial Avenue Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3SA
Received 4 Jul 2023144 Darkes Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1AF
Received 4 Jul 2023Regent House Theobald Street Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4RS
Received 4 Jul 202313 Ripon Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2HU
Received 4 Jul 202336 Heath Drive Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1EH
Received 4 Jul 2023Land Adjacent To 1 - 7 Brick Kiln Close Watford Hertfordshire
Received 4 Jul 20238 Brickfield Cottages Theobald Street Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4SD
Received 4 Jul 202337 Harris Lane Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9EF
Received 5 Jul 202325 Kimptons Mead Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3HX
Received 5 Jul 2023Watt Cottage And Wick Lodge Catsey Lane Bushey Hertfordshire
Received 5 Jul 202314 Station Close Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1TL
Received 5 Jul 202312 Station Close Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1TL
Received 5 Jul 2023Nell Gwynne Cottage Salisbury Hall Drive London Colney St Albans Hertfordshire AL2 1BU
Received 5 Jul 2023Nell Gwynne Cottage Salisbury Hall Drive London Colney St Albans Hertfordshire AL2 1BU
Received 5 Jul 202326 Aycliffe Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4JW
Received 5 Jul 202326 Aycliffe Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4JW
Received 5 Jul 2023Immanuel College 87 - 91 Elstree Road Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4EB
Received 5 Jul 2023Immanuel College 87 - 91 Elstree Road Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4EB
Received 5 Jul 202323 Eaton Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4QJ
Received 6 Jul 20231 Almond Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1HF
Received 6 Jul 2023Telecommunications Equipment On Land At Junction Of Barnet By Pass (A1) And Trotters Bottom Barnet Hertfordshire
Received 6 Jul 202319 Bendysh Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2HZ
Received 7 Jul 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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