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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 North Hertfordshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,116 approved · 278 refused · 98 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Feb 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Land To The Rear And Front Of 1-4 Gosmore Ley Close Gosmore Hertfordshire
Received 19 Jun 202438 Heathfield Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5BN
Received 26 Jun 20241 Aubreys Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3TX
Received 25 Jun 202415 Lime Avenue Blackmore End St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 8LQ
Received 19 Jun 2024Wood Barn Southern Green Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0SS
Received 19 Jun 202477 High Street Barkway Hertfordshire SG8 8ED
Received 20 Jun 20249 Midhurst Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4SF
Received 20 Jun 2024The Glasshouse 31 Market Place Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1DY
Received 20 Jun 202433 Sun Street Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 26 Jun 2024The Glasshouse 31 Market Place Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1DY
Received 20 Jun 2024Land To The Rear Of 26 Oakhill Drive Welwyn Hertfordshire AL6 9NW
Received 9 Jul 202443 Wilbury Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4JW
Received 20 Jun 202418 London Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9EW
Received 20 Jun 20241 Gosmore Ley Close Gosmore Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7QJ
Received 20 Jun 202428 Downlands Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6SY
Received 20 Jun 2024Winch Hill House Winch Hill Road Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8PB
Received 29 Jul 202421 Baldock Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3JX
Received 21 Jun 202476 Hillbrow Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3RE
Received 30 Jul 2024Hillcrest And Land At Tussocks The Causeway Therfield SG8 9PP
Received 2 Jul 202466 Maycroft Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4QD
Received 2 Jul 202497 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8ED
Received 21 Jun 202431 Foster Drive Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9EH
Received 21 Jun 20246 Deards End Lane Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6NL
Received 24 Jun 2024Land North West Of The Old Coach House And Opposite Maydencroft Cottage Maydencroft Lane Gosmore Hertfordshire SG4 7QA
Received 18 Jun 2024Records 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 North 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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