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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 Three Rivers District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
610 approved · 103 refused · 54 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Oct 2022 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
267 New Road Croxley Green Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 3HE
Received 7 Jan 2026Wolsey Business Park Tolpits Lane Watford Hertfordshire WD18 9BL
Received 7 Jan 202630 Broomfield Rise Abbots Langley Hertfordshire WD5 0HN
Received 7 Jan 20261 The Orchard On The Green Croxley Green Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 3HS
Received 7 Jan 2026Land At Rear Of Woodlands Dell House And Banstead Down Old Chorleywood Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire
Received 7 Jan 202678 Hazelwood Lane Abbots Langley Hertfordshire WD5 0HD
Received 8 Jan 202666 South Approach Moor Park Northwood Hertfordshire HA6 2ET
Received 8 Jan 202650 South Approach Moor Park Northwood Hertfordshire HA6 2ET
Received 8 Jan 2026128 Longcroft Road Maple Cross Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 9TX
Received 8 Jan 202661 Ebury Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 1BL
Received 9 Jan 20267 Five Fields Close Carpenders Park Watford Hertfordshire WD19 5BZ
Received 9 Jan 202611 Bucknalls Lane Garston Watford Hertfordshire WD25 9NE
Received 9 Jan 2026Cross Keys Farm Shire Lane Chalfont St Peter Gerrards Cross Buckinghamshire SL9 0QY
Received 12 Jan 20261A Grove Road Mill End Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 8EB
Received 12 Jan 202640 Follett Drive Abbots Langley Hertfordshire WD5 0LP
Received 12 Jan 20262F Berks Hill Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5AQ
Received 12 Jan 202649 The Courtway Carpenders Park Watford Hertfordshire WD19 5DP
Received 12 Jan 202630 Gallows Hill Lane Abbots Langley Hertfordshire WD5 0DA
Received 12 Jan 202612 The Roughs Northwood HA6 3DF
Received 12 Jan 2026The Dell Long Lane Heronsgate Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5DJ
Received 13 Jan 202611 Pembroke Road Moor Park Northwood Hertfordshire HA6 2HP
Received 13 Jan 2026101 Brookdene Avenue Oxhey Hall Watford Hertfordshire WD19 4LG
Received 14 Jan 2026Site Of Former Maple Cross House, Denham Way And Kier Offices Off Maple Lodge Close, Maple Cross Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 9SW
Received 14 Jan 2026Church Office St Lawrence Church High Street Abbots Langley Hertfordshire WD5 0AS
Received 14 Jan 2026Records 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 Three Rivers District 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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