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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1,194 approved · 309 refused · 107 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Unit 1 121 - 123 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1LS
Received 29 Oct 202451 Grovelands Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0QU
Received 30 Oct 2024Strathmore 12 Hitchin Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3LL
Received 21 Oct 202432 - 33 Nightingale Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QU
Received 21 Nov 2024St Marys Church Churchyard Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1HP
Received 4 Nov 2024Bibbsworth Hall Farm Bibbs Hall Lane Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8EN
Received 5 Nov 2024Land On The North Side Of York Way Royston Hertfordshire
Received 21 Oct 2024Site Of Former Burford Grange Bedford Road Ickleford Hertfordshire SG5 3XG
Received 21 Oct 2024The Barns London Road St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7NE
Received 22 Oct 2024Moonshine Southern Green Rushden Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0SX
Received 22 Oct 2024Newsells Park Winery Whiteley Hill Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8DY
Received 14 Oct 2024Newsells Park Winery Whiteley Hill Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8DY
Received 14 Oct 2024Newsells Park Winery Whiteley Hill Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8DY
Received 14 Oct 2024Newsells Park Winery Whiteley Hill Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8DY
Received 14 Oct 2024Newsells Park Winery Whiteley Hill Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8DY
Received 14 Oct 2024Woodcroft Picknage Road Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8HP
Received 6 Nov 2024West Barn Friends Green Farm Damask Green Road Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BU
Received 22 Oct 2024West Barn Friends Green Farm Damask Green Road Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BU
Received 22 Oct 202425 High Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3QS
Received 22 Oct 2024Gothic House Pondside Graveley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7LG
Received 22 Oct 202420 High Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6AX
Received 22 Oct 20242 The Sycamores Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5BJ
Received 22 Oct 2024Calebs Cottage Stevenage Road St Ippolyts Hertfordshire SG4 7PE
Received 23 Oct 202431 Lytton Fields Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6BA
Received 30 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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