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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.
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North Hertfordshire District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Hertfordshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates5,517Searchable applications
440Recorded as pending
80%Approval rate · 1,489 approved or refused records
305Refused applications
1,184 approved · 305 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningContact planning Contact a planning officerLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Environment Agency - Pre-Application and Post Permission AdviceConservation areas Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areasArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning.control@north-herts.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas42 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Decided24/02159/FP
Use of land (B8 Class) to be used as open-air car storage (B8 Class retained) following demolition of garage storage units.
Icknield Garage Letchworth Ltd Icknield Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4AD
Received 17 Oct 2024 - Decided24/02161/TCA
2x Birch - Reduce by 25%
8 Bury End Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3QB
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02162/DOC
Details reserved by condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission reference no 23/02892/FPH granted 13.02.2024
1 Oakfields Road Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6NS
Received 14 Oct 2024 - Decided24/02163/LBC
Removal of Condition 4 (Full details as to the method of mechanical extraction to the kitchen) of Listed Building consent 19/00396/LBC granted on 23.05.2019 for Internal alterations to facilitate change of use and conversion of antique showroom to 2-bed dwelling.
The Manor House Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1JW
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decided24/02164/LDCP
Insertion of roof lights to existing front roofslope and box dormer to existing rear roofslope to facilitate conversion of loft space into habitable accommodation.
39 Barkway Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9EA
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02165/LDCP
Insertion of rear L shaped box dormer window and two front rooflights to facilitate loft conversion
37 Bearton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1UE
Received 8 Oct 2024 - Decided24/02166/NMA
Inclusion of external air-source heat pump on rear elevation of garden room/gym (as Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 22/01273/FPH granted 28.09.2022)
216 Cambridge Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0JW
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02167/FP
Erection of one detached 3-bed dwelling with parking and landscaping with new vehicular and pedestrian accesses onto Mill Lane following demolition of existing outbuilding.
Old Generator House Mill Lane Hexton Hertfordshire SG5 3JE
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/02168/TCA
T1, T2, T3, T4: Cherry - Reduce by 2m. T5: 2 x Ash - Fell to ground level. T6, T8: Ash - Fell to ground level. T7: 3x Ash - Fell to ground level. T9: Walnut - Reduce by 3m
The Cottage Smiths End Lane Barley Hertfordshire SG8 8LH
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Unknown24/02169/FP
Conversion and extension of existing outbuilding to create one 4-bed dwelling including raising ridge height and replacement roof, and part two storey and part single storey rear extension following demolition of single storey front lean-to. Erection of detached two-bay cart shed with studio accommodation over.
9 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EA
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Unknown24/02170/LBC
External and internal alterations to existing outbuilding to facilitate conversion into one 4-bed dwelling including raising ridge height and replacement roof, and part two storey and part single storey rear extension following demolition of single storey front lean-to.
9 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EA
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Decided24/02171/NMA
Changes to house types and hard landscaping (as Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 22/03092/FP granted 15.03.2024)
Land To The East Of Foxholes And Gainsford House And On The West Side Of Crow Furlong Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 8 Oct 2024 - Decided24/02172/TCA
T2: Field Maple - Pollard 1m below the old pollard points shape and balance
221 Nevells Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4TZ
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02173/FP
Change of use from care home (use class C2) to supported hostel accommodation (sui generis) and provision of additional car parking, refuse/recycling store and cycle storage. Erection of single storey store (as amended by plan nos. 1300-S2-P04, 1350-S2-P03 (002), 1181-S2-P06 and CCTV layout plans received 13.11.2024)
Anderson House Florence Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1RA
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Unknown24/02174/NHC
Notice of application submitted by Royston Tennis Club to Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) under COMMONS ACT 2006 - SECTION 38 for Retrospective Consent for the Equipment Shed erected on Therfield Heath for the Royston Tennis ClubNHDC IS CONSULTEE ONLY
Royston Tennis Club Heath Sports Club Baldock Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5BG
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Unknown24/02177/NHC
Notice of application submitted by Royston Tennis Club to Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) under COMMONS ACT 2006 - SECTION 38 for Retrospective Consent for fencing, temporary access road and resurfacing on Therfield Heath for the Royston Tennis ClubNHDC IS CONSULTEE ONLY
Royston Tennis Club Heath Sports Club Baldock Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5BG
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02178/DOC
Details reserved by Condition 5 (Bat Licence) of planning permission reference 24/00873/FP granted on 14.08.2024
Colt House Southern Green Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0SS
Received 19 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02179/DOC
Details reserved by Condition 7 (Landscape Plan ) of planning permission reference 24/00873/FP granted on 14.08.2024
Colt House Southern Green Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0SS
Received 19 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02180/LDCP
Single storey rear extension. Replace existing front garage door with window to facilitate garage conversion into office space.
45 Grovelands Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0QU
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02181/LBC
Replace existing PVC rainwater goods with cast iron rainwater goods
4 Church Lane Kimpton Hertfordshire SG4 8RP
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Decided24/02182/DOC
Details reserved by Condition 9 (External Lighting) of planning permission reference 24/00873/FP granted on 15.08.2024
Colt House Southern Green Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0SS
Received 19 Sept 2024 - Decided24/02183/EC
The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) Regulation 5 Notice of Intention to Install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus of 1 x 10m pole.
Land Near 42 Croft Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AP
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Unknown24/02185/FP
Erection of detached 3-bed dwelling following demolition of garage and store buildings (redesign of application 23/02851/FP).
Red Brick Cottage The Street Kelshall Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9SQ
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decided24/02186/DOC
Details reserved by condition 13 (Archaeological Evaluation Report) of planning permission reference no 20/00667/FP granted 28.09.2022.
Land Adjacent To 148 High Street Kimpton Hertfordshire SG4 8QR
Received 30 Sept 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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