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Hertsmere Borough Council Planning Applications

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310Applications (90 days)
7Major applications
88%Approval rate
66 daysMedian decision time
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26/1254/TELENQInfrastructure

40 Beagle Close Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8PG

Telecommunications notification.

Pending
26/0767/FULResidential£100k–500k

Land Opposite 20 Bridgefoot Cottages Radlett Road Colney Street St Albans Hertfordshire

Construction of a bungalow for the purposes of providing accommodation.

Pending
26/1238/TRCOther

17 Oakroyd Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2EH

All trees are located in the rear garden of 17 Oakroyd Avenue. T1 - Maple tree to be crown reduce by 2m on the height and 1.5m on the sides. The existing height is 12m and width is 8m The new height w

Pending
26/1029/HSEHouseholder£10k–50k

5 Elmroyd Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2ED

Installation of 8x solar panels.

Pending
26/1046/ADVOther

The Borehamwood Elstree Childrens Centre Shakespeare Drive Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2FD

Two banners, 1m x 2m in size, advertising the cafe at the Borehamwood and Elstree Children Centre (BECC) (Application for advertisement consent).

Pending
26/1132/TRCOther

13 Elmroyd Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 2ED

Two silver birches located along the left fence of the property looking outwards. T1 Silver Birch Reduce the overall height by approximately 2m and the lateral spread by 1.5m leaving a final height of

Pending
26/1045/FULOther

The Borehamwood Elstree Childrens Centre Shakespeare Drive Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2FD

Erection of 2x banners.

Pending
26/1158/PD56MHouseholder£50k–100k

18 High Road Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1GG

Change of use of the existing ground floor area (Class E) to use as 1no. dwellinghouse (Class C3).

Pending
26/1224/PD42Householder£50k–100k

43 Ladbrooke Drive Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1QR

Single storey rear extension. Depth: 6m, Height: 4m, Eaves: 2.47m.

Pending
26/1225/ADJResidential£1m–5m

Not In Hertsmere

Erection of two-storey block of 4 x 2 bedroom apartments with parking and landscaped gardens following the demolition of existing bungalow.(Consultation from Adjacent Borough)

Pending
26/1226/MAResidential

Lands To The South Of Aldenham Reservoir Watford Road Elstree Hertfordshire

Application for a non-material amendment to allow for wording changes to condition 21 following the grant of planning permission reference 22/2147/OUT.

Pending
26/1205/TPOOther

Rutland Place The Rutts Bushey Heath Hertfordshire

T6 (as per TPO plan) English Oak - tree is growing right next to the property and is growing out over the roof causing issues with squirrels jumping onto the roof and causing damage. Reduce tree by 2-

Pending
26/1197/FULAgricultural£100k–500k

Summerswood Farm Summerswood Lane Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 5PQ

Construction of new agricultural storage building for hay, straw and machinery.

Pending
26/1223/HSEHouseholder£50k–100k

25 Wright Close Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2FH

Construction of single storey rear extension.

Pending
26/1213/TRCOther

Kent Lodge Scrubbitts Park Road Radlett Hertfordshire

1 - ASH - FELL 6 - FALSE ACACIA - REMOVE DEAD TOP DOWN TO LIVE GROWTH 13 - WILD CHERRY - FELL WITH THE SMALLER TREE NEAR NO.20 21 - SYCAMORE - FELL 32 - ASH - REMOVE DEAD BRANCHES OVER THE PATH 37 - A

Pending

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Planning appeals in Hertsmere Borough Council

When Hertsmere Borough Council refuses an application, or does not decide it in time, the applicant can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. An appeal that is allowed is one the council lost. Raw rates are not comparable between councils, because some kinds of appeal are allowed far more often than others, so the Inspectorate's national rate for each kind is applied to this council's own caseload to give the rate its mix predicts.

Hertsmere Borough Council, raw rate

38.4%

of judged appeals were allowed, so the council's decision did not stand

Expected for this mix of appeals

30.9%

what the national rate for each kind of appeal predicts for this council's caseload

7.5 percentage points above expected. Hertsmere Borough Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record for the same kinds of appeal predicts for its caseload.

512 appeals counted, 492 judged either way (189 allowed, 303 dismissed), 20 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.

By kind of appeal

Each kind of appeal against the national rate for the same kind. This is the comparison the headline is built from.

Hertsmere Borough Council appeal outcomes by appeal type, with the national rate for each type
Appeal typeCasesJudgedAllowedThis councilNational
Planning Appeal2242239241.3%28.8%
Householder (HAS)2001946935.6%35.6%
Enforcement Notice38301343.3%13.5%
Lawful Development Certificate3128932.1%36.9%
Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal88562.5%25%
Tree Preservation Order5500%20.6%
Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)221Too few judged33.3%
Community Infrastructure Levy Appeal110Too few judged25.2%
Environmental100None judgedNot published
High Hedges100None judged28.5%
Tree Replacement Notice110Too few judged31.9%

“Judged” counts appeals allowed or dismissed. The rest were withdrawn, invalid, split or unrecorded, and are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. A percentage is published only where at least 5 appeals were judged either way. Where it is not, the counts still are: a rate over one or two cases would claim a precision the sample cannot carry.

Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database, published quarterly on GOV.UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These figures are the Inspectorate's appeal record, not the council's own planning register.

Money behind development in Hertsmere Borough Council

Developer contributions at Hertsmere Borough Council

Developers pay into planning obligations and the Community Infrastructure Levy at Hertsmere Borough Council, each sum tied to a purpose written into the agreement. The council's own register records what has been collected, what has been spent and what is left.

£50,280,489
Collected
£38,398,408
Available, per the register

That figure is the register's own Available column, reproduced rather than recalculated. It is money the council has banked against a purpose written into a signed agreement and has not paid out. It is not money the council is free to spend on something else, and it is not a sum any reader can apply for. Councils differ in whether they also deduct money already earmarked to a specific project, so read it against the Spent and Allocated columns on the register itself rather than as a single national measure.

Hertsmere Borough Council developer contributions by purpose
PurposeCollectedAvailable
CIL (unallocated receipts)£28,834,186£25,664,457
Affordable housing£11,224,965£9,039,782
Highways and transport£1,624,199£1,132,633
Open space and play£3,971,800£828,204
Flood and drainage£500,000£500,000
Monitoring and administration£1,789,242£339,411
Carbon and energy£314,200£314,700
Libraries and culture£604,854£262,779
Biodiversity and ecology£279,050£61,269
Community safety£54,599£35,141
Health and social care£28,432£28,986
Education£21,074£21,136
Air quality£141,759None
Other local categories£892,129£169,908

Source: Hertsmere Borough Council's Community Infrastructure Levy register and Hertsmere Borough Council's Section 106 register, read on 27 August 2026. Figures are the whole of each register as published on that date, not a recent period. Our collected totals match each register’s own published total exactly. Purposes are grouped from the council's own covenant wording, which differs between authorities. Wording that is specific to this council, such as the name of a local fund, is grouped under other local categories.

Affordable housing grant in Hertsmere Borough Council

Beside what the council collected from developers, this is what central government confirmed: schemes in the area with grant agreed under the Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026.

4
Confirmed schemes
46
Homes
£1,750,000
Grant requested
  • Affordable rent23 homes
  • Shared ownership23 homes

Source: Homes England, schemes confirmed under the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, published on GOV.UK as transparency data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as at 31 March 2025, the publication's own cut-off, so later schemes are not in them. Grant requested is the publisher's own figure at the point grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by the local authority name in the publication, which carries no planning reference.

About Hertsmere Borough Council

Hertsmere Borough Council is a local planning authority responsible for processing planning applications within its area. Applications are submitted through the council's planning portal and cover a wide range of development types, from householder extensions and change of use to large-scale residential and commercial schemes.

SiteLens tracks the Hertsmere Borough Council planning register daily and enriches every new application automatically. Each is AI-classified by category and trade, given an estimated value band and a plain-English project brief, mapped, and checked against constraint flags like flood zones, conservation areas and green belt. Where an application names an agent, SiteLens shows the firm and matches companies to Companies House. Pro adds the applicant's name, the directors and company health behind each match, and the agent's direct email and phone where the council or firm publishes them, so you know who to speak to about the scheme.

You can also browse the council's own planning register on the official Hertsmere Borough Council planning portal.

Hertsmere Borough Council approval rates by application type

Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months. A guide, not a guarantee.

  • householder84% (210 decided)
  • other90% (81 decided)
  • residential72% (29 decided)
  • commercial100% (15 decided)

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