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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.
1,240 approved · 317 refused · 114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Offley Chase Chalk Hill Cockernhoe Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8NJ
Received 28 Jan 20251 The Green Maiden Street Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7DH
Received 28 Jan 20252 Grays Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HA
Received 28 Jan 20252 Grays Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HA
Received 28 Jan 2025Land Off Ashwell Road Newnham Hertfordshire SG7 5JX
Received 29 Jan 2025Land At Corner Of Protea Way And Pixmore Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire
Received 12 Feb 20251 Elms Close Little Wymondley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7HP
Received 29 Jan 2025Meadow View Codicote Road Codicote Hertfordshire AL6 9GT
Received 30 Jan 2025Anderson House Florence Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1RA
Received 12 Feb 202534 The Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RJ
Received 30 Jan 202540 Arlesey Road Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3UU
Received 30 Jan 202519 St Martins Road Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6ER
Received 30 Jan 2025Land Between Stevenage Road And The A602 Wymondley Bypass Stevenage Road Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 30 Jan 20259 The Green Lower Road Tea Green Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8PS
Received 30 Jan 2025Land Adjacent To Oaklea And South Of Cowards Lane Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8UN
Received 30 Jan 202564 Garden Fields Offley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3DF
Received 30 Jan 2025203 Whitehill Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9HY
Received 11 Feb 202532 Rock Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5EU
Received 13 Feb 202533 Keats Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0DP
Received 30 Jan 2025Home Farm Cottage Putteridge Park Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8LD
Received 13 Feb 2025Rectory Farm Church Lane Kelshall Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9SP
Received 7 Feb 202532 York Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1XB
Received 31 Jan 20257 Bearton Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1NZ
Received 31 Jan 2025Hitchin Girls School Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RS
Received 31 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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