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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.
1,158 approved · 293 refused · 104 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land Adjacent To 148 High Street Kimpton Hertfordshire
Received 5 Aug 2024Land To The North And East Of Great Wymondley Arch Road Great Wymondley Hertfordshire
Received 13 Aug 2024Land To The North And East Of Great Wymondley Arch Road Great Wymondley Hertfordshire
Received 13 Aug 2024Land To The North And East Of Great Wymondley Arch Road Great Wymondley Hertfordshire
Received 30 Aug 202432 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1LA
Received 2 Sept 2024172 Wilbury Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4JA
Received 21 Aug 2024The Old Grammar School Broadway Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3NX
Received 28 Oct 202434 West Street Lilley Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8LN
Received 14 Aug 202418 Pembroke Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6DB
Received 14 Aug 2024The Manor House Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1JW
Received 14 Aug 202433 Back Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5PD
Received 14 Aug 2024The Old Grammar School Broadway Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3NX
Received 28 Oct 202463 Benslow Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9QZ
Received 15 Aug 202422 Blackmore Way Blackmore End St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 8LJ
Received 2 Sept 2024Pirton Hall Shillington Road Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3HB
Received 15 Nov 202423 High Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9AB
Received 15 Aug 20242 Thistley Bungalow Preston Road Gosmore Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7QS
Received 15 Aug 2024Letchworth Guide Hall 247A Icknield Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4UE
Received 15 Aug 202460 Ninesprings Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9NU
Received 15 Aug 20249 Bucklersbury Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BB
Received 15 Aug 202429 Heathermere Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4QH
Received 15 Aug 2024West Barn Damask Green Road Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BU
Received 11 Sept 202411 Oak Tree Gardens Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6EQ
Received 16 Aug 2024Barn And Land Adjacent Public Footpath 022 Luffenhall Hertfordshire SG2 7PX
Received 10 Sept 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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