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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.
3,518 approved · 715 refused · 328 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Linton Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4RB
Received 17 Oct 2023Oaklands Barnet Lane Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3HG
Received 17 Oct 2023Church Of St John And Hall Gills Hill Lane Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8DF
Received 17 Oct 202396 Stratfield Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1XB
Received 18 Oct 2023Bio Products Laboratory Dagger Lane Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3BX
Received 18 Oct 20232 Manor Cottages Rectory Lane Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9AN
Received 18 Oct 20232 Manor Cottages Rectory Lane Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9AN
Received 18 Oct 202328 Burghley Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2JF
Received 18 Oct 2023103 Cranborne Crescent Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3AE
Received 18 Oct 202330 Carrington Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2HA
Received 18 Oct 2023Land South Of Elstree Road And East Of Heathbourne Road (site HEL355/B4) Bushey Heath Hertfordshire
Received 18 Oct 2023Land At 1A Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire
Received 18 Oct 202332 Ripon Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2HS
Received 19 Oct 202318 Barham Avenue Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3PN
Received 19 Oct 2023152 Furzehill Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2DX
Received 19 Oct 202315 London Road Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9EW
Received 19 Oct 202312 Warwick Close Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1PR
Received 19 Oct 202316 Buckingham Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2QY
Received 19 Oct 202348 Heath Drive Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1EJ
Received 19 Oct 2023Deeves Hall Barn Earls Lane South Mimms Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3LU
Received 19 Oct 2023Rafes Barn Mimms Lane Ridge Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3LY
Received 20 Oct 2023Rafes Barn Mimms Lane Ridge Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3LY
Received 20 Oct 202336 Willow Way Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8DY
Received 20 Oct 2023Cedar House 73 Blanche Lane South Mimms Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3PA
Received 20 Oct 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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