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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.
1,209 approved · 311 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
53 Station Road Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5LR
Received 19 Dec 20243 Highover Cottages Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0RQ
Received 9 Dec 202445 Stevenage Road St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7PE
Received 9 Dec 202467 High Street Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8AH
Received 31 Jan 2025210 Cambridge Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0JW
Received 9 Dec 2024Woodside Windmill Hill Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RT
Received 9 Dec 2024Bibbsworth Hall Farm Bibbs Hall Lane Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8EN
Received 16 Jan 2025Bibbsworth Hall Farm Bibbs Hall Lane Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8EN
Received 16 Jan 20254 - 5 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1LH
Received 23 Dec 20244 - 5 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1LH
Received 23 Dec 202421 Danesbury Park Road Welwyn Hertfordshire AL6 9SH
Received 18 Dec 202444 Ickleford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1TR
Received 9 Dec 202431 Thatchers End Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0PD
Received 28 Apr 2025Land East Of Maple House St James Court Therfield Hertfordshire
Received 10 Dec 20246 River Court Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3UD
Received 10 Dec 2024Land At Mill Farm Charlton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2AB
Received 9 Jan 202515 Royston Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6NW
Received 5 Feb 2025Slip End Farm Royston Road Slip End Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6SG
Received 18 Dec 20242 Kingsoak Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BF
Received 10 Dec 2024Manor Farm Barns Church End Barley Hertfordshire
Received 11 Dec 202427 Beech Way Blackmore End St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 8LY
Received 13 Feb 2025Telecommunications Equipment On Grass Verge Between London Road And 3 Chestnut Walk London Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7SS
Received 11 Dec 20243 Langbridge Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9EL
Received 11 Dec 2024Keepers Cottage 2A Orchard Way Breachwood Green Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8NT
Received 11 Dec 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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