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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.
1,179 approved · 300 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 The Quadrant Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4TY
Received 10 Sept 202471 Arlesey Road Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3TG
Received 11 Sept 202453 Gernon Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3HS
Received 11 Sept 2024Fairfax Node Park Hitchin Road Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8TH
Received 11 Sept 202418 London Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6JN
Received 8 Oct 2024113 Wilbury Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4JQ
Received 11 Sept 2024Land Adjacent To Oaklea And South Of Cowards Lane Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8UN
Received 11 Sept 2024Land Adjacent To Oaklea And South Of Cowards Lane Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8UN
Received 11 Sept 2024The Old Vicarage Church Road Kings Walden Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8JX
Received 27 Sept 2024Garage Flat Chimneys Mill Lane Gosmore Hertfordshire SG4 7RL
Received 26 Sept 2024Coombe Farm Stables Coombe Road Kelshall Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9SA
Received 12 Sept 202411 Willian Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2HQ
Received 12 Sept 2024Land At Manor Farm Church Lane Bygrave Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5EE
Received 1 Oct 2024133 Burns Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5SU
Received 12 Sept 20245 Lodge Farm Heath Lane Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8WP
Received 30 Oct 20244 Lammas Mead Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1YD
Received 13 Sept 2024Land Rear Of The Croft Stevenage Road Little Wymondley Hertfordshire
Received 13 Sept 2024Land Rear Of The Croft Stevenage Road Little Wymondley Hertfordshire
Received 13 Sept 2024Corrie Wood 9 Hitchin Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3LT
Received 13 Sept 20242 Shrubbery Grove Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9LJ
Received 13 Sept 202425 Briary Lane Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9BT
Received 16 Sept 2024Flat 6 42 Upper Tilehouse Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2EE
Received 16 Sept 20241 Balmoral Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1XG
Received 4 Oct 2024The Exchange Queen Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9TY
Received 16 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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