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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.
3,447 approved · 700 refused · 322 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Somers Way Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4HR
Received 2 Aug 2023Telecommunications Equipment Opposite 4A Allum Lane Elstree Hertfordshire
Received 2 Aug 2023Land North Of Watford Road And West Of High Street Elstree Hertfordshire
Received 2 Aug 2023132 Ashfield Avenue Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4TE
Received 2 Aug 202391 Strafford Gate Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1PR
Received 3 Aug 2023Britannic House Stirling Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2BT
Received 3 Aug 2023Allum Lane Community Centre Manor House Allum Lane Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3PJ
Received 4 Aug 202326 Allandale Crescent Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2JY
Received 4 Aug 202346 Mount Grace Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1RB
Received 4 Aug 202310 Blattner Close Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3PD
Received 7 Aug 20235 Hartsbourne Road Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1JE
Received 4 Aug 2023Lower Kitts End Farm Kitts End Road Barnet Hertfordshire EN5 4RL
Received 4 Aug 20231 Grove Cottages Hogg Lane Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3AL
Received 4 Aug 20235 Kenilworth Close Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1QF
Received 4 Aug 2023Land At Sutcliffe Close And Rear Of 5 - 14 Ford Close Bushey Hertfordshire
Received 4 Aug 202370 Forbes Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5NG
Received 4 Aug 202314 Dove Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2SG
Received 7 Aug 202335 Hillside Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1HQ
Received 7 Aug 202313 The Crosspath Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8HR
Received 7 Aug 2023Orchard Mead Crossoaks Lane Ridge Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3LH
Received 7 Aug 202338 Newlands Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8EL
Received 7 Aug 2023Elle Dani Farm Allum Lane Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3NL
Received 7 Aug 202319 The Grove Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7NF
Received 9 Aug 202330 Strafford Gate Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1PN
Received 9 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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