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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.
1,191 approved · 306 refused · 107 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 New Road Cottage Law Hall Lane Bendish Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8JD
Received 1 Oct 2024Mill Corner Farm Jacksons Lane Reed Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8AB
Received 1 Oct 2024St Georges 54 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EE
Received 1 Oct 202479 Willian Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2HJ
Received 1 Oct 2024Land Adjacent To 9 North End Kelshall Hertfordshire SG8 9SD
Received 14 Oct 2024Pirton Sports And Social Club Walnut Tree Road Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3PX
Received 18 Sept 2024Pirton Sports And Social Club Walnut Tree Road Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3PX
Received 18 Sept 2024Town Hall High Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6AR
Received 1 Oct 202484 Rushby Mead Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1RY
Received 1 Oct 202484 Rushby Mead Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1RY
Received 1 Oct 202450 Bedford Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4DR
Received 18 Oct 2024140 Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2UP
Received 1 Oct 2024Kyrenia Maiden Street Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7AA
Received 28 Oct 20244 Hitchin Hill Path Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9EU
Received 3 Oct 2024Hobbs Close Garage London Road St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7NJ
Received 2 Oct 2024Land Adjacent To Red Brick Cottage The Street Kelshall Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9SQ
Received 2 Oct 2024Treetops Cottage High Street Barley Hertfordshire SG8 8JA
Received 2 Oct 202450 Broadwater Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3HJ
Received 2 Oct 2024Telecommunications Site At Junction Of A505 And Newmarket Road Newmarket Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7LD
Received 2 Oct 2024Land On The North West Side Of Green Lane Ashwell Hertfordshire SG7 5LW
Received 18 Oct 2024St Marys Church Hall Church Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5AE
Received 17 Oct 202421 Linnet Close Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4FA
Received 3 Oct 2024Caldecote Manor Caldecote Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5LD
Received 21 Oct 202427 Hawthorn Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2BW
Received 22 Oct 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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