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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1,194 approved · 309 refused · 107 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dower House The Hoo Codicote Road Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8HN
Received 25 Oct 202472 Tilehouse Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2DY
Received 4 Nov 202472 Tilehouse Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2DY
Received 4 Nov 202495 High Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5NT
Received 28 Oct 202428 Willoughby Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9LW
Received 4 Nov 2024Roebury Cottage Roe Green Sandon Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0QG
Received 14 Nov 2024Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Received 12 Nov 2024Land On The North Side Of York Way Royston Hertfordshire
Received 28 Oct 20244A West End Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5PJ
Received 28 Oct 20241 Homefield Hinxworth Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5RX
Received 28 Oct 202413 Ashwell Road Bygrave Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5DT
Received 3 Dec 2024Pirton Sports And Social Club Walnut Tree Road Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3PX
Received 29 Oct 2024Land On The North Side Of York Way Royston Hertfordshire
Received 21 Oct 2024St Marys Church Mill Street Ashwell Hertfordshire SG7 5LY
Received 30 Oct 20247 Chiltern Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PL
Received 29 Oct 2024Marshfield Barn New Inn Road Hinxworth Hertfordshire SG7 5HB
Received 2 Dec 20246 The Drive Blackmore End St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 8LF
Received 22 Nov 2024Meadow View Codicote Road Codicote Hertfordshire AL6 9GT
Received 30 Oct 202427 Uplands Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9NH
Received 30 Oct 2024The Bungalow Royston Road Slip End Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6SF
Received 30 Oct 202416 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1JQ
Received 30 Oct 2024Land Opposite Wymondley Grid Station And To The South Of Sperberry Hill St Ippolyts Hertfordshire
Received 30 Oct 2024Land Adjacent To Oaklea And South Of Cowards Lane Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8UN
Received 30 Oct 202423 Masefield Way Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5UU
Received 7 Nov 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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