Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
3,611 approved · 729 refused · 335 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Drayton Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2LF
Received 12 Feb 202470 Williams Way Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7HB
Received 13 Feb 202422A Wayside Avenue Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4SQ
Received 13 Feb 2024Royal Connaught Park The Avenue Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2LW
Received 14 Feb 2024Little Reddings Primary School Reddings Avenue Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3PR
Received 13 Feb 2024Herons Court Shenley Hill Radlett Hertfordshire
Received 15 Feb 202497 School Lane Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1BY
Received 14 Feb 2024Chapel St Margarets School Merry Hill Road Bushey Hertfordshire
Received 14 Feb 2024301 Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1TH
Received 14 Feb 202481 Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1BU
Received 15 Feb 202462 Stanborough Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5LP
Received 15 Feb 202410 Folly Close Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8DR
Received 16 Feb 2024Lululaund Court 43 Melbourne Road Bushey Hertfordshire
Received 19 Feb 202421 Newlands Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8EH
Received 16 Feb 2024The Fourtrees Common Lane Letchmore Heath Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8EE
Received 16 Feb 202420 Mill Way Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2AG
Received 16 Feb 202420 Mill Way Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2AG
Received 16 Feb 2024Village Hotel Centennial Park Centennial Avenue Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3SB
Received 6 Feb 202483 Tempest Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5LA
Received 19 Feb 20243 Highland Drive Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4HH
Received 19 Feb 202433 Cowley Hill Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5LQ
Received 19 Feb 202429 Catsey Lane Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4HT
Received 19 Feb 202463 Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1AE
Received 19 Feb 202423 Greenside Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4JA
Received 19 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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