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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.
1,194 approved · 309 refused · 107 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Feb 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Harkness Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0QJ
Received 14 Oct 202425 Harkness Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0QJ
Received 14 Oct 2024Newsells Park Winery Whiteley Hill Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8DY
Received 14 Oct 2024Church Of St Mary Magdalene Church Lane Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EJ
Received 14 Oct 2024Mill End Farmhouse Mill End Sandon Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0RP
Received 25 Oct 202441B High Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6BG
Received 14 Oct 202415 Hillshott Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1SA
Received 14 Oct 2024Crouchgreen Wood Three Houses Lane Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8TB
Received 15 Oct 2024134 High Street Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8UB
Received 22 Oct 2024Land At Turnpike Lane And Adjacent To 4 Manor Close Turnpike Lane Ickleford Hertfordshire
Received 15 Oct 202455 Periwinkle Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1TZ
Received 21 Oct 202417 Chime Dell Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8BS
Received 1 Nov 2024Glebe House Church Lane Reed Hertfordshire SG8 8AL
Received 11 Oct 202414 Heath Avenue Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9DB
Received 15 Oct 2024Hitchin Audi Nightingale Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1RQ
Received 15 Oct 20243 Spinney Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PD
Received 16 Oct 2024Valentine House Partridge Hill Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5QZ
Received 29 Oct 2024Glebe House Church Lane Reed Hertfordshire SG8 8AL
Received 22 Oct 202427 Waterdell Lane St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RA
Received 1 Nov 2024Strathmore 12 Hitchin Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3LL
Received 21 Oct 202429 Waterdell Lane St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7RA
Received 1 Nov 2024Car Park Adjacent To 1-33 King James Way Royston Hertfordshire
Received 17 Oct 2024Land Between Priory Farm And Wymondley Substation Blakemore End Road Little Wymondley Hertfordshire
Received 31 Oct 202434 King James Way Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7EF
Received 17 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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