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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.
3,487 approved · 707 refused · 325 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 The Walk Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1QN
Received 20 Sept 202316 Buckingham Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2QY
Received 19 Sept 2023High Gable/Beech Tree House The Pathway Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8JB
Received 20 Sept 2023Cedar House 73 Blanche Lane South Mimms Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3PA
Received 20 Sept 20238 The Ridgeway Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8PR
Received 20 Sept 202314 The Grove Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7NF
Received 21 Sept 202314 Juniper Gardens Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9LA
Received 21 Sept 2023Canada Life House 2 - 6 High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5BA
Received 21 Sept 202320 The Grove Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7NF
Received 21 Sept 202315 Heath Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1LJ
Received 21 Sept 202328 Keats Close Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2FE
Received 22 Sept 2023North London AD Facility, Coursers Road, Colney Heath, Hertfordshire, AL4 0PG
Received 22 Sept 2023301 Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1TH
Received 22 Sept 202368 Hackney Close Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2SL
Received 22 Sept 202325 The Rise Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3JR
Received 22 Sept 202325 Catterick Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4QS
Received 22 Sept 2023The Crown 1 Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1AA
Received 22 Sept 2023Vision House Station Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1DE
Received 22 Sept 202378 Stanborough Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5LP
Received 2 Oct 202351 High Street Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1BD
Received 3 Oct 20231 Woodlands Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2LS
Received 3 Oct 202383 Melbourne Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3LZ
Received 3 Oct 2023126A Watling Street Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7JH
Received 25 Sept 20234 Winthorpe Gardens Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4QQ
Received 25 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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