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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.
1,200 approved · 310 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Convent Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QN
Received 11 Nov 2024Land On The North Side Of York Way Royston Hertfordshire
Received 28 Oct 2024Land On The North Side Of York Way Royston Hertfordshire
Received 28 Oct 202473 Campers Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3QY
Received 5 Nov 202416 Docklands Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3QF
Received 4 Nov 202469 Periwinkle Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1TY
Received 4 Nov 202469 Periwinkle Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1TY
Received 4 Nov 202423 High Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9AA
Received 6 Nov 202423 High Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9AA
Received 6 Nov 202435 The Sycamores Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5BJ
Received 11 Nov 202417 Haycock Round Great Ashby Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 6GS
Received 12 Dec 202412 Bowlers End Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2EA
Received 21 Nov 202412 Bowlers End Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2EA
Received 21 Nov 2024Land Adjacent To 21 Caldicott Court Harrison Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9SL
Received 5 Nov 2024Maran Cottage 145 High Street Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8UB
Received 5 Nov 2024Odyssey Health Club Old Knebworth Lane Knebworth Hertfordshire SG2 8DU
Received 13 Nov 202484 Nightingale Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1RL
Received 6 Nov 20249 Halsey Drive Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9QH
Received 6 Nov 2024Maid Marion Rabley Heath Road Welwyn Hertfordshire AL6 9UF
Received 6 Nov 202414 St Johns Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9JP
Received 6 Nov 2024The Green Man Arch Road Great Wymondley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7EU
Received 6 Nov 202415 Shrubbery Grove Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9LJ
Received 6 Nov 2024106 Ridge Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1PT
Received 7 Nov 2024Land North Of The Depot At 1A High Street Graveley Hertfordshire SG4 7LE
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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