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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.
3,467 approved · 703 refused · 323 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Mansion Wrotham Park Barnet Hertfordshire EN5 4SB
Received 30 Aug 2023Churchill House Stirling Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2HP
Received 30 Aug 2023The Meadows Blanche Lane South Mimms Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3PB
Received 30 Aug 20233 Black Lion Hill Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9DE
Received 30 Aug 202318 The Close Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8HA
Received 31 Aug 20236 Park Close Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2DE
Received 31 Aug 202332 Little Potters Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4QT
Received 31 Aug 2023Church Office Christ Church Hall Watling Street Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7JJ
Received 31 Aug 2023Church Office Christ Church Hall Watling Street Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7JJ
Received 31 Aug 2023Land Adjacent And To The Rear Of 52 Harris Lane Shenley Hertfordshire
Received 1 Sept 202318 Spring Close Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5HD
Received 1 Sept 202373 Sullivan Way Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3DG
Received 1 Sept 2023The Park Education Support Centre High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5AB
Received 1 Sept 2023The Park Education Support Centre High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5AB
Received 1 Sept 202348 Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1DS
Received 4 Sept 202344 Barham Avenue Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3PN
Received 4 Sept 2023Parsons Court Chaucer Grove Borehamwood Hertfordshire
Received 5 Sept 202370 Masefield Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2HQ
Received 4 Sept 2023Former Green Man 238 High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5DB
Received 4 Sept 2023Former Green Man 238 High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5DB
Received 4 Sept 202370 Torrington Drive Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5HT
Received 4 Sept 202356 Kenilworth Drive Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1QN
Received 4 Sept 202385 Blanche Lane South Mimms Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3PE
Received 6 Sept 2023Oak Villa Wash Lane South Mimms Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3QA
Received 5 Sept 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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