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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.
3,441 approved · 697 refused · 322 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Elmroyd Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2ED
Received 27 Jul 202332 Mimms Hall Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3BZ
Received 27 Jul 20234 Links Drive Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3PS
Received 28 Jul 202324 Oakmere Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5LS
Received 31 Jul 202319 The Grove Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7NF
Received 31 Jul 2023150 Stanborough Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5LR
Received 31 Jul 202320 Mill Way Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2AG
Received 31 Jul 202344 Dugdale Hill Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2DN
Received 31 Jul 202313 Hatherleigh Gardens Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5HZ
Received 31 Jul 202348 Newberries Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7EP
Received 31 Jul 202351 Aldenham Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8JA
Received 31 Jul 202366 Williams Way Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7HB
Received 1 Aug 20233 Fielders Way Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9EY
Received 31 Jul 202336 Aberford Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1PL
Received 31 Jul 202359 Elstree Road Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4GJ
Received 31 Jul 202329 Osborne Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1SD
Received 1 Aug 20237 Wall Hall Drive Aldenham Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8BY
Received 31 Jul 20235 Hartsbourne Road Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1JE
Received 1 Aug 202388 Sullivan Way Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3DJ
Received 1 Aug 202336 Links Drive Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3PS
Received 1 Aug 202331 - 33 Theobald Street Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4RN
Received 1 Aug 202315 Hartsbourne Avenue Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1JP
Received 1 Aug 202328 Oundle Avenue Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4QQ
Received 1 Aug 2023Unit 2 Elstree Distribution Park Elstree Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1RU
Received 1 Aug 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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