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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.
3,561 approved · 719 refused · 334 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 11 Washington House Marlborough Drive Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2RN
Received 12 Dec 202348 Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1DS
Received 13 Dec 2023Telecommunications Equipment At Hatfield Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1HR
Received 13 Dec 2023Playing Fields Off Harper Lane Radlett
Received 13 Dec 202322 Park Crescent Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3PU
Received 14 Dec 2023113 Little Bushey Lane Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4SD
Received 14 Dec 202357 Aldenham Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8JA
Received 14 Dec 2023118 Park Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5EL
Received 14 Dec 2023114 Park Avenue Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2BB
Received 14 Dec 202318 The Close Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8HA
Received 15 Dec 202352 Links Drive Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8BG
Received 15 Dec 20239 Tiverton Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5HY
Received 15 Dec 202321 Barham Avenue Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3PW
Received 15 Dec 2023Land Adjacent To 1 And 3 Thelusson Court Woodfield Road Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8JF
Received 14 Dec 202312A Herkomer Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3NN
Received 15 Dec 20231 Hastings Way Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2JX
Received 15 Dec 2023108 Aldenham Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2EU
Received 15 Dec 2023Hill House Nursing Home Elstree Hill South Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3DE
Received 18 Dec 202384 Oulton Crescent Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3EG
Received 18 Dec 202310 Permain Close Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9DR
Received 19 Dec 20237 Loom Lane Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8AA
Received 18 Dec 202366 Ladbrooke Drive Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1QW
Received 18 Dec 202356 Stevenage Crescent Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4NS
Received 18 Dec 20233 Nightingale Close Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8NT
Received 18 Dec 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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