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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1,200 approved · 310 refused · 108 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land North Of The Depot At 1A High Street Graveley Hertfordshire SG4 7LE
Received 30 Oct 2024Land North Of The Depot At 1A High Street Graveley Hertfordshire SG4 7LE
Received 30 Oct 202451 Talbot Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2QU
Received 7 Nov 202414 The Finches Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PB
Received 7 Nov 202413 Hitchin Road Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3PZ
Received 7 Nov 202481 High Street Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3PU
Received 7 Nov 2024Land Adjacent To Oaklea And South Of Cowards Lane Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8UN
Received 7 Nov 2024Craiglithy Gipsy Lane Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6DJ
Received 8 Nov 2024509 Broadway Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3PT
Received 8 Nov 2024Land North Of Pound Farm London Road St Ippolyts Hertfordshire SG4 7NE
Received 8 Nov 2024113 Ninesprings Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9NX
Received 20 Nov 2024Site Of Former Burford Grange Bedford Road Ickleford Hertfordshire SG5 3XG
Received 8 Nov 202440 Holwell Road Holwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3SG
Received 20 Nov 2024Land At Radwell Bury Farm Radwell Lane Radwell Hertfordshire
Received 6 Jan 202564 Southfields Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4LZ
Received 25 Nov 202412 Westholm Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4JB
Received 20 Nov 202450 Broadwater Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3HJ
Received 11 Nov 2024Bibbsworth Hall Farm Bibbs Hall Lane Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8EN
Received 1 Nov 2024Bibbsworth Hall Farm Bibbs Hall Lane Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8EN
Received 1 Nov 2024Bibbsworth Hall Farm Bibbs Hall Lane Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8EN
Received 1 Nov 2024Bibbsworth Hall Farm Bibbs Hall Lane Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8EN
Received 1 Nov 2024Land At Turnpike Lane And Adjacent To 4 Manor Close Turnpike Lane Ickleford Hertfordshire
Received 11 Nov 202443 Halsey Drive Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9QR
Received 20 Nov 202462 Ickleford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1TS
Received 12 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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