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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1,194 approved · 309 refused · 107 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 High Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1AT
Received 17 Oct 2024Hitchin Swimming Pool Fishponds Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1HA
Received 15 Aug 2025The Lodge Shillington Road Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3HB
Received 17 Oct 2024Manor Farm Church Lane Graveley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BN
Received 17 Oct 2024Church Wood Three Houses Lane Codicote Hertfordshire
Received 23 Dec 2024Rose House Upper Green Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3YF
Received 17 Oct 202412 Highfield Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3QD
Received 17 Oct 2024Model Farm Mill Lane Hexton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3JE
Received 7 Oct 2024Model Farm Mill Lane Hexton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3JE
Received 7 Oct 20248 The Finches Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PB
Received 18 Oct 2024172 Wilbury Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4JA
Received 18 Oct 2024The Folly Willian Road Great Wymondley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7ET
Received 4 Nov 2024Land Rear 102 Ridge Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire
Received 18 Oct 2024Plinston Hall Broadway Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3NX
Received 18 Oct 202416 Meadow Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3JB
Received 18 Oct 2024The Studio Manor Farm Church Lane Graveley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BN
Received 6 Dec 20247 High Street Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8HZ
Received 1 Nov 20249 Garden Fields Offley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3DF
Received 21 Oct 2024122 Gaunts Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4PP
Received 21 Oct 2024Fear End Fears Green Sandon Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0QY
Received 21 Oct 202427 Wymondley Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PN
Received 21 Oct 2024Newsells Park Winery Whiteley Hill Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8DY
Received 21 Oct 202425 Chiltern Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PJ
Received 21 Oct 2024Unit 1 121 - 123 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1LS
Received 29 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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