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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.
1,157 approved · 291 refused · 104 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adjacent To 148 High Street Kimpton Hertfordshire
Received 5 Aug 20241 Brownfield Way Blackmore End St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 8LL
Received 11 Sept 2024Hawthorns The Causeway Therfield Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9PP
Received 12 Sept 20245 Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RW
Received 10 Sept 2024Silvermead Lower Titmore Green Little Wymondley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7JT
Received 14 Aug 202439 Sun Hill Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9AX
Received 19 Aug 2024Mews Court Rear Of 22 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 14 Aug 202427 The Ridgeway Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2BT
Received 6 Aug 202421 Lytton Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3HT
Received 19 Aug 202415 Masefield Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0QB
Received 7 Aug 202481 Whinbush Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1PZ
Received 21 Aug 202427 Bessemer Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1AG
Received 7 Aug 202446 Rushby Walk Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1RX
Received 7 Aug 2024Land East Of Glebe Cottage Church Lane Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7DJ
Received 7 Aug 202425 Milestone Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2SZ
Received 7 Aug 202481a Whinbush Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1PZ
Received 29 Aug 2024Austin House Queen Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9TS
Received 20 Aug 202476 Sturgeons Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0BN
Received 22 Aug 2024Model Farm Mill Lane Hexton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3JE
Received 20 Aug 2024Wellington House 2 Park Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9AH
Received 8 Aug 2024Land Outside 45-47 Cashio Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AY
Received 8 Aug 2024Land Near 5 Paynes Close Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AT
Received 8 Aug 2024Odsey House Baldock Road Guilden Morden Cambridgeshire
Received 8 Aug 2024Odsey House Baldock Road Guilden Morden Cambridgeshire
Received 8 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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