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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.
1,123 approved · 280 refused · 98 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Dixies Close Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5QN
Received 26 Jun 20246 The Dovecote Back Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5PE
Received 11 Jul 202416 Elmtree Avenue Cockernhoe Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8QA
Received 27 Jun 202423 Wymondley Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PN
Received 8 Jul 202431 Gainsford Crescent Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0QG
Received 2 Jul 20243 Langbridge Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9EL
Received 9 Jul 202473 High Street Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3PU
Received 28 Jun 2024Baldock Health Centre Park Drive Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6EN
Received 10 Jul 2024237 Cleveland Way Great Ashby Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 6BX
Received 22 Jul 202422 Mattocke Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2NZ
Received 28 Jun 20248 Blackmore Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2SX
Received 4 Jul 20242 Orchard Close St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RH
Received 28 Jun 20249 - 10 High Street Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 10 Jul 202418 Sollershott West Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3PX
Received 28 Jun 202423 The Snipe Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BE
Received 9 Aug 20241 Bunyan Close Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3RE
Received 1 Jul 202442 Broadwater Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3HJ
Received 1 Jul 202441 High Street Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3PT
Received 1 Jul 2024Telecommunications Mast Cambridge Road Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 1 Jul 2024Friends Green Farm Friends Green Damask Green Road Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BU
Received 1 Jul 202489 Field Crescent Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7LA
Received 1 Jul 2024Pirton School High Street Pirton Hertfordshire SG5 3PS
Received 1 Jul 2024Wellington House 2 Park Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9AH
Received 8 Aug 2024Land Adjacent To Oaklea And South Of Cowards Lane Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8UN
Received 1 Jul 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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