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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.
3,599 approved · 726 refused · 335 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51A Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1AE
Received 31 Jan 202487 Chandos Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1UX
Received 31 Jan 2024105 Coleridge Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2AF
Received 31 Jan 2024Cornerstone House Barnet Lane Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3QU
Received 31 Jan 202430 The Ridgeway Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8PS
Received 31 Jan 202443 Goodyers Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8AZ
Received 31 Jan 20249 Tavistock Close Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5HP
Received 1 Feb 20242 New Road Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9EA
Received 1 Feb 2024Waterside Lodge Waterside Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7DY
Received 2 Feb 202456 The Shrublands Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2BW
Received 1 Feb 20241 Devonshire House Marlborough Drive Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2RL
Received 2 Feb 202446 Sherwood Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2LE
Received 2 Feb 2024313 Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1TH
Received 2 Feb 2024Elstree Lodge Barnet Lane Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3HG
Received 5 Feb 2024St Albans Rangers Football Club Kingsley Green Harper Lane Shenley Radlett WD7 9HF
Received 2 Feb 20242 James Close Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2LT
Received 2 Feb 2024Manaton House High Street Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3BY
Received 5 Feb 202427 Richfield Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4RR
Received 2 Feb 2024301 Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1TH
Received 2 Feb 20249 Newlands Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8EH
Received 5 Feb 202466 Park Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3EG
Received 5 Feb 202489 Herkomer Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3JS
Received 5 Feb 202410 Chiltern Close Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4PZ
Received 5 Feb 202415A Coldharbour Lane Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4NR
Received 5 Feb 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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