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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 East Hertfordshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
399 approved · 117 refused · 52 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Nov 2022 to 11 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 16 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Camellia House Care Home 34 - 36 Hoe Lane Ware Hertfordshire SG12 9NZ
Received 2 Nov 2022Plot RM3 - Land East Of Stevenage (EOS1) Gresley Way Stevenage
Received 16 Dec 2022Grasslands Pye Corner Gilston Harlow Hertfordshire CM20 2RB
Received 8 Jun 2023Parcel B Land At Bishops Stortford South (BISH5) Off Whittington Way Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire
Received 30 Aug 2023Land At Railway Street Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1BU
Received 15 Nov 2023Parcel B Land At Bishops Stortford South (BISH5) Off Whittington Way Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire
Received 18 Dec 2023Land Adjacent To Bournebrook House Farnham Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 1JJ
Received 17 Apr 2024Bockings 12 Church End Walkern Hertfordshire SG2 7PB
Received 8 Aug 2024Council Depot Amwell Lane Stanstead Abbotts Hertfordshire SG12 8DX
Received 28 Aug 2024Robins Nest Farm Robins Nest Hill Little Berkhamsted Hertfordshire SG13 8LL
Received 3 Oct 2024Bockings 12 Church End Walkern Hertfordshire SG2 7PB
Received 11 Nov 2024Land At Bishops Stortford South (BISH5) Off Whittington Way Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire
Received 14 Nov 2024Gilston Area Village 7 Church Lane Hunsdon Hertfordshire
Received 10 Feb 2025Gilston Area Village 7 Church Lane Hunsdon Hertfordshire
Received 11 Feb 2025Land South Of Levenage Lane Widford Hertfordshire
Received 18 Mar 2025Gilston Area Village 7 Church Lane Hunsdon Hertfordshire
Received 27 Mar 2025Land At Dellows Ginns Road Stocking Pelham Hertfordshire SG9 0JA
Received 4 Apr 2025Gilston Area Village 7 Church Lane Hunsdon Hertfordshire
Received 11 Apr 2025Dellows Ginns Road Stocking Pelham Hertfordshire SG9 0JA
Received 27 May 2025Bishops Stortford High School London Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3LU
Received 28 May 2025Gilston Area Village 7 Church Lane Hunsdon Hertfordshire
Received 4 Jun 2025Gilston Area Village 7 Church Lane Hunsdon Hertfordshire
Received 4 Jun 2025Land At Bishops Stortford North Parcel R&T1 Bishops Stortford CM23 2JP
Received 5 Jun 2025Mill House Mill Lane Meesden Hertfordshire SG9 0BA
Received 6 Jun 2025Records 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 East Hertfordshire 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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