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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399 approved · 117 refused · 52 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dingley Dell The Street Furneux Pelham Hertfordshire SG9 0LJ
Received 1 Dec 2025Land Rear Of 22 London Road Bell Mead Sawbridgeworth CM21 9ES
Received 4 Dec 2025Old Butchers Shop 8 Dane Street Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3BX
Received 5 Dec 2025Oak Tree Farm Sacombe Green Sacombe Hertfordshire SG12 0JQ
Received 8 Dec 2025St Marys Church Ermine Street Colliers End Hertfordshire SG11 1EG
Received 9 Dec 2025Land To The North-west Of Buntingford (East Of The A10) Located Off Neale Drive And Phillips Way Buntingford Hertfordshire
Received 11 Dec 2025Peartree Wood Wyddial Road Wyddial Hertfordshire SG9 0EL
Received 17 Dec 2025Bucks View Ashendene Road Bayford Hertfordshire SG13 8PX
Received 17 Dec 2025Gates Of Hertford Gascoyne Way Hertford Hertfordshire SG13 8EL
Received 18 Dec 2025(SAWB4) Land At Cambridge Road Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire
Received 18 Dec 2025Buntingford Business Park Baldock Road Buntingford Hertfordshire
Received 19 Dec 202532 - 36 Railway Street Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1BA
Received 22 Dec 2025Chapel House Barn The Street Furneux Pelham Hertfordshire SG9 0LJ
Received 23 Dec 2025Chapel House Barn The Street Furneux Pelham Hertfordshire SG9 0LJ
Received 23 Dec 2025The Livery Yard White House Lodge Hare Street Hertfordshire SG9 0DX
Received 22 Dec 2025Westmill Farmhouse Westmill Road Westmill Ware Hertfordshire SG12 0ES
Received 24 Dec 2025Land East Of Stevenage (EOS1) Gresley Way Stevenage Hertfordshire
Received 24 Dec 2025Princess Mary House 4 Bluecoats Avenue Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1PB
Received 8 Jan 2026Turnberry House 30 St Andrew Street Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1JA
Received 15 Jan 2026Turnberry House 30 St Andrew Street Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1JA
Received 15 Jan 20267 Ducketts Wood Thundridge Hertfordshire SG12 0SR
Received 16 Jan 2026Central Stort Crossing Eastwick Road Eastwick Hertfordshire
Received 19 Jan 202654 Bayford Green Bayford Hertfordshire SG13 8PU
Received 21 Jan 20262 Foxdells Birch Green Hertfordshire SG14 2LS
Received 21 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 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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