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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399 approved · 117 refused · 52 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 School House, Bishops Stortford College Maze Green Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2PQ
Received 16 Jun 2025Tye Cottage East End Furneux Pelham Hertfordshire SG9 0JU
Received 18 Jun 2025The Mansion Balls Park Hertford Hertfordshire SG13 8FJ
Received 7 Jul 2025The Mansion Balls Park Hertford Hertfordshire SG13 8FJ
Received 8 Jul 2025Pentlows Farmhouse 23 The Street Braughing Hertfordshire SG11 2QR
Received 11 Jul 20252 Clockhouse Glebe Court Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5AD
Received 24 Jul 2025Land Adjacent To Whempstead Cottages Whempstead Cottages Ware Whempstead Road Dane End SG12 0PN
Received 3 Sept 202517 Castle Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3TG
Received 3 Sept 2025Grove Cottage 151 - 153 London Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3JX
Received 4 Sept 2025Kemps Close Hare Street Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0DZ
Received 16 Sept 2025Gilston Area Village 7 Church Lane Hunsdon Hertfordshire
Received 16 Oct 202559 West Road Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 0BN
Received 21 Oct 2025Land West Of Elbow Lane Hertford Heath Hertfordshire SG13 7RH
Received 21 Oct 2025Eastern Stort Crossing Eastwick Road Eastwick Hertfordshire
Received 27 Oct 20252 Highland Road Thorley Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AN
Received 31 Oct 2025Woodland To The West Of Warners Hill, North Of Ash Valley Golf Club Much Hadham Hertfordshire
Received 3 Nov 2025Land North Of Mead Lane Hertford Hertfordshire
Received 4 Nov 202565 Lower Road Great Amwell Hertfordshire SG12 9SZ
Received 6 Nov 2025Land North Of East End Furneux Pelham East End Furneux Pelham Buntingford SG9 0JT
Received 7 Nov 2025Silver Leys Polo Club Millfield Lane Little Hadham Hertfordshire SG11 2ED
Received 17 Nov 2025Hopleys High Street Much Hadham Hertfordshire SG10 6BU
Received 19 Nov 202551 Church Manor Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5AF
Received 25 Nov 2025Church End Classified Road C15 North From Ginns Road To Pump Hill Stocking Pelham Hertfordshire SG9 0HT
Received 25 Nov 2025Bishops Stortford Goods Yard Station Road Bishops Stortford CM23 3BL
Received 26 Nov 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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