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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.
1,223 approved · 313 refused · 112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Grange Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9HD
Received 14 Jan 202540 London Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6JL
Received 4 Feb 2025Docwra Manor 1 Hitchin Road Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3PZ
Received 14 Jan 20252 Oakfields Preston Hertfordshire SG4 7FB
Received 14 Jan 202518 Lavender Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2LU
Received 14 Jan 202568 Lawrence Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2EZ
Received 15 Jan 20251 Pirton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2BD
Received 23 Dec 20241 Pirton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2BD
Received 23 Dec 20241 Pirton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2BD
Received 23 Dec 20241 Pirton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2BD
Received 23 Dec 20241 Pirton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2BD
Received 23 Dec 2024Land Adjacent To Red Brick Cottage The Street Kelshall Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9SQ
Received 27 Jan 2025Land Adjacent To Red Brick Cottage The Street Kelshall Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9SQ
Received 30 Dec 20242 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1JQ
Received 3 Feb 2025The Coach House Radwell Lane Radwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5ES
Received 15 Jan 202575 Spring Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3SL
Received 30 Jan 202516 Cromwell Green Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1DB
Received 15 Jan 2025Aspen Newlands Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9BB
Received 16 Jan 2025Watton Sub Station Watton Road Knebworth Stevenage Hertfordshire SG3 6AG
Received 16 Jan 2025Oughton Head Pumping Station Hitchin Road Pirton Hertfordshire
Received 16 Jan 202590 Walsworth Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9SX
Received 16 Jan 202530 Shillington Road Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3QL
Received 28 Jan 2025Land At Turnpike Lane And Adjacent To 4 Manor Close Turnpike Lane Ickleford Hertfordshire
Received 16 Jan 20259 High Street Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8RE
Received 10 Feb 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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