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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.
3,432 approved · 694 refused · 320 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Dugdale Hill Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2DP
Received 24 Jul 2023Wheatsheaf Farm Well End Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5PR
Received 24 Jul 2023Wheatsheaf Farm Well End Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5PR
Received 24 Jul 202321 Quakers Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1RL
Received 25 Jul 202315 Heath Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1LJ
Received 24 Jul 2023Waterside Lodge Waterside Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7DY
Received 25 Jul 20234 Wentworth Close Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1PF
Received 24 Jul 20234 Wentworth Close Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1PF
Received 24 Jul 202321 Prowse Avenue Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1JS
Received 24 Jul 202322 Richfield Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4LB
Received 25 Jul 20238 Heyford Road Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8PP
Received 25 Jul 202314 Bushey Grove Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2JQ
Received 25 Jul 20235 Holme Park Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4SX
Received 26 Jul 202399 Cardinal Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1ST
Received 25 Jul 202354 Bournehall Avenue Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3BA
Received 25 Jul 202394 Tempest Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5JZ
Received 26 Jul 202379 Hartfield Avenue Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3JJ
Received 27 Jul 202330 Manor Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1DQ
Received 26 Jul 202311 Medow Mead Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8ES
Received 26 Jul 20238 Council Cottages Bell Lane London Colney St Albans Hertfordshire AL2 1DE
Received 26 Jul 202328 Heath Drive Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1EH
Received 27 Jul 202314 Magnaville Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1PP
Received 27 Jul 2023Wayside Cottage Common Lane Letchmore Heath Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8EE
Received 28 Jul 2023210 Barnet Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2SE
Received 27 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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