New housing in Hertsmere Borough Council
We read Hertsmere Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 23,184 of its planning applications going back to 2010, and 93 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 26% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below the 75% at which national policy treats it as having an unmet need for housing.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 26% (2025): presumption
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 23,184
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 85 | 25 | 12 |
| 2025 | 75 | 46 | 14 |
| 2024 | 61 | 42 | 4 |
| 2023 | 76 | 46 | 17 |
| 2022 | 60 | 36 | 11 |
| 2021 | 87 | 52 | 24 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 | Land Off Coursers Road Colney Heath Hertfordshire Outline planning application with all matters reserved except for details of access from the B556 ('St Albans Road / Blackhorse Lane'): for residential-led mixed use development comprising residential accommodation and… 26/1330/OUTEI | Decided | 22 Sept 2026 |
| 994 | Land East Of Cowley Hill And North Of Potters Lane Borehamwood Hertfordshire Outline planning application (with all matters reserved except for means of access) for up to 994 dwellings (Use Class C3) (including affordable housing), a neighbourhood centre including retail and health provision… 26/1501/OUTEI | Decided | 21 Oct 2026 |
| 650 | Home Farm Common Lane Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8PL Outline planning application (with all matters reserved except access) comprising a residential development of up to 650 dwellings (Use Class C3); a one-form entry primary school and nursery; supporting mixed uses (Use… 26/1236/OUTEI | Decided | 26 Aug 2026 |
| 550 | Former Potters Bar Golf Club Darkes Lane Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1DE Outline planning application (with all matters reserved except access) for the phased erection of up to 550 residential dwellings including affordable housing and plots of self-build/custom build homes (Class C3); a… 26/0427/OUTEI | Decided | 31 Mar 2026 |
| 256 | Land East Of Oxhey Lane Oxhey Kabe Carpenders Park Outline planning application for up to 256 homes (C3 use class) (including affordable and self/custom build housing), housing with care (C2 use class), a children's home (for looked after children) (C2 use class)… 25/0946/ADJ | Decided | 26 Jun 2025 |
| 200 | Playing Fields Off Harper Lane Radlett Hybrid planning application comprising: (1) Outline planning application for a residential development (up to 200 dwellings), community building, associated works including infrastructure, blue and green infrastructure… 26/1602/ADJ | Decided | 5 Nov 2026 |
| 200 | Land East Of Kingsley Green Harper Lane Shenley Radlett Hertfordshire Hybrid planning application comprising: (1) Outline planning application for a residential development (up to 200 dwellings), community building, associated works including infrastructure, blue and green infrastructure… 25/1362/ADJ | Decided | 15 Sept 2025 |
| 195 | Land South Of Shenley Hill Radlett Hertfordshire Outline permission (with all matters reserved except for means of access) for the erection of up to 195 new homes (50% affordable), safeguarded land for the expansion of Newberries Primary School and provision of a new… 24/1211/OUT | Refused | 20 Sept 2024 |
| 185 | W Block Clare Hall Laboratories Blanche Lane South Mimms Hertfordshire Outline application (with all matters reserved except for means of access) for the demolition of buildings on site and erection of up to 185 homes (including 50% affordable housing) alongside access, landscaping, car… 26/0988/OUT | Decided | 17 Jul 2026 |
| 183 | Land Bounded By The Rivers Colne And Ver And Radlett Road Frogmore St Albans Hertfordshire Outline application (all matters reserved) - A mixed-used development comprising approximately 183 new dwellings (Class C3), up to 579sqm of workspace (Class E(c), E(g)), up to 410sqm of community space (Class F2(a)… 25/1250/ADJ | Decided | 27 Aug 2025 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Hertsmere Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.