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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399 approved · 117 refused · 52 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Friars Road Braughing Hertfordshire SG11 2NP
Received 3 Jun 2026Land North Of Standon Hill (Cafe Field) Puckeridge Hertfordshire
Received 4 Jun 2026Halfway House Farm Stanstead Road Hunsdon Hertfordshire SG12 8PU
Received 4 Jun 2026Land Adjacent To Bradbury Hare Street Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0DX
Received 4 Jun 202615 Goldings Hall Goldens Way Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 2WH
Received 4 Jun 202615 Goldings Hall Goldens Way Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 2WH
Received 4 Jun 2026Parcel C At Bishops Stortford South (BISH5) Off Whittington Way Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire
Received 4 Jun 2026Ground Floor 15 Market Square Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3UT
Received 4 Jun 2026Millfield Cottage Millfield Lane Bury Green Little Hadham Hertfordshire SG11 2ED
Received 4 Jun 2026Eastern Stort Crossing Eastwick Road Eastwick Hertfordshire
Received 5 Jun 2026Gilston Area Village 1 Eastwick Road Eastwick Hertfordshire
Received 5 Jun 2026Gilston Area Village 1 Eastwick Road Eastwick Hertfordshire
Received 5 Jun 20264 Halls Close Braughing Hertfordshire SG11 2EA
Received 5 Jun 2026Ware Lido Priory Street Ware Hertfordshire SG12 0DE
Received 22 May 202663 Southmill Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3DH
Received 5 Jun 2026Upwick House Upwick Green Albury Hertfordshire SG11 2LA
Received 5 Jun 202625 Falconers Park Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 0AU
Received 5 Jun 202669 Millmead Way Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 3YH
Received 5 Jun 20261 Carriage House Sextons Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3FU
Received 5 Jun 202625 Calton Avenue Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 2ER
Received 8 Jun 202645 West Street Hertford Hertfordshire SG13 8EZ
Received 8 Jun 2026The Firs 11 Whitehall Lane Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2JJ
Received 8 Jun 202620 Ermine Street Thundridge Hertfordshire SG12 0SY
Received 8 Jun 2026Land At Pelham Road Braughing Hertfordshire
Received 8 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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