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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.
1,152 approved · 288 refused · 101 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Pirton Sports And Social Club Walnut Tree Road Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3PX
Received 13 Sept 20249 Sollershott West Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3PU
Received 31 Jul 2024173 Jackmans Place Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1RG
Received 18 Jul 2024109 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8ED
Received 19 Jul 202416 Hollies Close Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7DZ
Received 19 Jul 202451 Baldock Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3JX
Received 19 Jul 202427 Bedford Road Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3XH
Received 29 Jul 2024204 Whitehill Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9JE
Received 15 Aug 2024Temple Dinsley (formerly The Princess Helena College) School Lane Preston Hertfordshire SG4 7RT
Received 19 Jul 2024Temple Dinsley (formerly The Princess Helena College) School Lane Preston Hertfordshire SG4 7RT
Received 19 Jul 202413 Ashwell Road Bygrave Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5DT
Received 22 Jul 2024Panna Cottage Pudding Lane Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8JU
Received 22 Jul 2024Land Near Green Oak Luton Road Cockernhoe Hertfordshire LU2 8PY
Received 22 Jul 2024Land Opposite 82 Luton Road Luton Road Cockernhoe Hertfordshire LU2 8PY
Received 22 Jul 2024Land South Of Flint House North End Kelshall Hertfordshire SG8 9SD
Received 8 Aug 2024Land Opposite Oakfields Farm Stevenage Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7JX
Received 22 Jul 202449 Waterdell Lane St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RA
Received 22 Jul 20243 Bury Mead Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1RT
Received 31 Jul 2024The New Barn Todds Green Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 2JE
Received 5 Aug 2024Land On The North Side Of Pirton Road Holwell Hertfordshire SG5 3SN
Received 22 Jul 2024Court Cottage 33 High Street Offley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3AP
Received 22 Jul 202494 Tilehouse Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2DW
Received 8 Aug 202494 Tilehouse Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2DW
Received 8 Aug 2024Land Adjacent To 37 Garden Fields Offley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3DF
Received 23 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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