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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.
1,155 approved · 290 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
302 Wedon Way Bygrave Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5DX
Received 30 Jul 20244 Alexandra Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1RB
Received 31 Jul 202428 Manor Crescent Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9LY
Received 8 Aug 20241 West End Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5PH
Received 31 Jul 20244 Wheat Hill Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4HJ
Received 31 Jul 2024Land North East Of Dower House Hitchin Road Preston Hertfordshire
Received 12 Aug 2024Wellside Cottage Smiths End Lane Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8LJ
Received 31 Jul 20244 Walnut Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9HH
Received 9 Aug 2024Johnson Matthey Plc Orchard Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5HE
Received 31 Jul 2024The Anchor 84 Cambridge Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0JH
Received 31 Jul 202447 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EB
Received 31 Jul 202447 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EB
Received 31 Jul 2024Robin Hood And Little John Rabley Heath Road Codicote Welwyn Hertfordshire AL6 9UB
Received 31 Jul 2024Grove House Highfield Grove Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8DW
Received 17 Oct 2024Land Opposite Wickes Store At Plinston Retail Park Cotton Brown Park Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1UP
Received 12 Aug 20243 Spinney Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PD
Received 1 Aug 2024Land Rear Of Gothic House Oak Lane Graveley Hertfordshire
Received 23 Jul 2024Land Rear Of Gothic House Oak Lane Graveley Hertfordshire
Received 23 Jul 2024Land Outside 26 North Avenue North Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1DJ
Received 1 Aug 20244 Woolgrove Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0AS
Received 1 Aug 20243 Elmtree Avenue Cockernhoe Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8QA
Received 15 Aug 2024102 Gaunts Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4PN
Received 1 Aug 2024Bond International Wedgwood Way Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4QT
Received 1 Aug 2024Mill Corner Farm Jacksons Lane Reed Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8AB
Received 1 Aug 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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