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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.
3,524 approved · 716 refused · 329 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cedar House 73 Blanche Lane South Mimms Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3PA
Received 20 Oct 2023Unit 100 Centennial Park Centennial Avenue Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3SA
Received 20 Oct 2023143 Coleridge Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2AF
Received 20 Oct 202310 Ashlyn Close Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2EJ
Received 23 Oct 20232 Oakridge Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8EN
Received 23 Oct 202370 Torrington Drive Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5HT
Received 23 Oct 202311A Woodlands Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2LS
Received 24 Oct 202313 Battlers Green Drive Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8NE
Received 23 Oct 2023Highfields House Gills Hill Lane Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8DB
Received 24 Oct 2023Waterside Lodge Waterside Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7DY
Received 24 Oct 202353 London Road Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9BN
Received 25 Oct 2023Land At 1A Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire
Received 24 Oct 202357 London Road Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 9BW
Received 25 Oct 20232 Oakridge Avenue Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8EN
Received 25 Oct 2023Annexe At 1 Medburn Cottages Watling Street Elstree Hertfordshire
Received 25 Oct 20233 Willow Dene Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1PS
Received 25 Oct 20233 Willow Dene Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1PS
Received 25 Oct 2023Wyevale Garden Centre Dancers Hill Road Bentley Heath Barnet Hertfordshire EN5 4RR
Received 25 Oct 202352 Masefield Avenue Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2HQ
Received 25 Oct 202318 The Rose Walk Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 7JS
Received 26 Oct 2023Land South Of Allum Lane Elstree Hertfordshire
Received 26 Oct 2023Deeves Hall Deeves Hall Lane Ridge Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3LS
Received 26 Oct 202311 The Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1EG
Received 26 Oct 2023106 Croxdale Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 4QA
Received 27 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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