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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.
3,585 approved · 722 refused · 335 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Sept 2020 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 - 14 Station Close Potters Bar Hertfordshire
Received 11 Jan 2024Meadow Park Broughinge Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire
Received 11 Jan 20241 The Heath Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7DF
Received 11 Jan 202461 Darkes Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1BJ
Received 12 Jan 2024Brook House Galley Lane Barnet Hertfordshire EN5 4RA
Received 12 Jan 2024Phillimore Recreation Ground Gills Hollow Radlett Hertfordshire
Received 12 Jan 20245 Waterhouse Place Merry Hill Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1GR
Received 15 Jan 20245 Waterhouse Place Merry Hill Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1GR
Received 15 Jan 202417 Prowse Avenue Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1JS
Received 15 Jan 2024195 Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1AW
Received 16 Jan 202434 Easton Gardens Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2PJ
Received 16 Jan 2024Tullamoor Pegmire Lane Aldenham Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8DR
Received 16 Jan 202413 Oakroyd Close Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2EW
Received 16 Jan 202411 Chestnut Rise Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1AB
Received 17 Jan 202444 Koh-i-noor Avenue Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3EJ
Received 17 Jan 202463 Hartfield Avenue Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3JJ
Received 17 Jan 202428 Hillside Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1HJ
Received 17 Jan 20241 Longridge The Warren Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7ED
Received 17 Jan 2024BBC Elstree Centre Clarendon Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1JF
Received 17 Jan 2024BBC Elstree Centre Clarendon Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1JF
Received 17 Jan 2024Medburn Sports Ground Watling Street Radlett Hertfordshire
Received 18 Jan 202451 Aldenham Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8JA
Received 18 Jan 2024Church Of St John And Hall Gills Hill Lane Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8DF
Received 18 Jan 20243 James Close Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2LT
Received 18 Jan 2024Records 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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