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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.
1,139 approved · 287 refused · 101 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
West Wing St Ibbs London Road St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7NL
Received 20 Aug 2024195 Whitehill Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9HY
Received 25 Jul 20242D Meadow Way Offley Hertfordshire SG5 3AX
Received 11 Jul 2024Land Near Mayfield Kimpton Road Oakhills Hertfordshire AL6 9NN
Received 30 Jul 2024Youngloves Farmhouse Southern Green Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0SP
Received 23 Jul 202415 Sollershott West Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3PU
Received 8 Aug 2024177 Grange Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4LP
Received 26 Jul 202471 Ordelmere Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4QP
Received 11 Jul 2024Land Between 5 And 9 Pirton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2BD
Received 11 Jul 2024245 Cambridge Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0JS
Received 22 Jul 202427 Kneesworth Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AB
Received 12 Jul 202427 Kneesworth Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AB
Received 12 Jul 202427 Morton Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7AZ
Received 24 Jul 202444 Sparhawke Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4PX
Received 6 Aug 2024Reading Room 12 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EE
Received 29 Jul 2024Reading Room 12 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EE
Received 29 Jul 202444 Sparhawke Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4PX
Received 6 Aug 2024Wickford House 14 Garden Fields Offley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3DF
Received 12 Jul 20247 High Street Barkway Hertfordshire SG8 8EA
Received 30 Oct 20247 High Street Barkway Hertfordshire SG8 8EA
Received 30 Oct 20245 Upper Green Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3YG
Received 24 Jul 20244 Penfold Close Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6UT
Received 15 Jul 202440 Back Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5PE
Received 15 Jul 2024Canvey Cottage Kimpton Road Peters Green Luton Hertfordshire LU2 9PR
Received 15 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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