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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399 approved · 117 refused · 52 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Penningtons Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4LF
Received 1 Jun 202623 Rib Vale Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 3LE
Received 1 Jun 2026Little Thatch Mill Lane Anstey Hertfordshire SG9 0BL
Received 1 Jun 20265 Thorley Hill Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3ND
Received 1 Jun 20262 Bircherley Green Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1BN
Received 1 Jun 2026Pearces Farm Shop Standon A10 Puckeridge To Buntingford Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 9ND
Received 1 Jun 202617 - 19 Railway Street Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1BG
Received 1 Jun 202617 - 19 Railway Street Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1BG
Received 1 Jun 20263 Lavender Close Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4LN
Received 2 Jun 2026Poplars Spellbrook Lane West Spellbrook Hertfordshire CM23 4AY
Received 2 Jun 2026Terling Lodge 46 Burnt Mill Harlow Hertfordshire CM20 2QS
Received 2 Jun 20266 Yeomans Drive Aston Hertfordshire SG2 7EJ
Received 2 Jun 20261 Firlands Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3TB
Received 3 Jun 202617 Brooke Gardens Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5JF
Received 3 Jun 202645 Port Hill Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 3EP
Received 19 May 2026Premier Court Residential And Nursing Home Thorley Lane East Thorley Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4BH
Received 3 Jun 2026Hanbury Manor Hotel Cambridge Road Thundridge Hertfordshire SG12 0SD
Received 3 Jun 2026Hanbury Manor Hotel Cambridge Road Thundridge Hertfordshire SG12 0SD
Received 3 Jun 2026Rose Cottage Redricks Lane Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 0RL
Received 3 Jun 2026Fishers Farm Ermine Street Colliers End Hertfordshire SG11 1ER
Received 3 Jun 202613 St Catherines Court Windhill Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2NE
Received 3 Jun 2026Dane End House Conduit Lane Great Hormead Hertfordshire SG9 0NT
Received 3 Jun 2026Wakeley Farm Cherry Green Westmill Hertfordshire SG9 9NH
Received 4 Jun 2026Land Adj To 1 South Cottages The Ford Little Hadham Hertfordshire SG11 2AT
Received 4 Jun 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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