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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.
1,210 approved · 311 refused · 110 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 East Of Maple House St James Court Therfield Hertfordshire
Received 6 Jan 202518 Crow Furlong Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HW
Received 12 Dec 20247 Cromwell Way Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3RD
Received 12 Dec 20248 The Stables Pottersheath Welwyn Hertfordshire AL6 9GR
Received 12 Dec 20247 Cromwell Way Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3RD
Received 12 Dec 2024Bibbsworth Hall Farm Bibbs Hall Lane Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8EN
Received 12 Dec 2024Land North Of 2 Millers Close Picknage Road Barley Hertfordshire
Received 12 Dec 2024The Willows Roe Green Sandon Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 0QE
Received 10 Jan 202512 Newmarket Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7DY
Received 12 Dec 202412 Newmarket Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7DY
Received 12 Dec 2024Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Received 12 Dec 2024Land Between Hampshire Road And Baldock Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9FT
Received 12 Dec 202461 Grays Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HJ
Received 13 Dec 2024Long Acre Luffenhall Luffenhall Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7PX
Received 13 Dec 2024Johnson Matthey Plc Orchard Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5HE
Received 13 Dec 2024Porters End House Porters End Lane Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8ER
Received 13 Dec 20245 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EA
Received 13 Dec 20245 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EA
Received 13 Dec 2024Land North Of 2 Millers Close Picknage Road Barley Hertfordshire
Received 23 Dec 20241A Pryor Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6LJ
Received 13 Dec 2024The Kennels Hexton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3JG
Received 16 Dec 202458 Downlands Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5BY
Received 16 Dec 2024116 Swift Close Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4LH
Received 7 Jan 2025Woodside House Todds Green Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 2JE
Received 20 Jan 2025Records 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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