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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.
1,241 approved · 319 refused · 114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Weston Primary School Maiden Street Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7AG
Received 31 Jan 20251 Sells Close Cottages High Street Barley Hertfordshire SG8 8HY
Received 31 Jan 202539 Tristram Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0BH
Received 3 Feb 2025Ivy's Cottage Smiths End Lane Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8LH
Received 10 Mar 2025Maran Cottage 145 - 149 High Street Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8UB
Received 19 Feb 2025Paynes Farmhouse Croft Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AS
Received 3 Feb 20254 Apostles Close Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3EX
Received 25 Feb 202525 John Barker Place Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2PD
Received 4 Feb 2025172 High Street Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8UB
Received 4 Feb 2025172 High Street Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8UB
Received 4 Feb 202512 Thurnall Avenue Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9ER
Received 26 Feb 202531 Lytton Fields Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6BA
Received 4 Feb 2025Land Around Clothall Road Clothall Road Clothall Hertfordshire SG7 6RB
Received 4 Feb 202516 Hollies Close Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7DZ
Received 4 Feb 2025Site Of Former The Foundry Stevenage Road St Ippolyts Hertfordshire SG4 7NU
Received 4 Feb 2025216 Cambridge Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0JW
Received 1 Apr 2025100 Ninesprings Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9NX
Received 19 Feb 2025Rose Cottage High Street Barley Hertfordshire SG8 8HT
Received 5 Feb 202532 Oak Drive Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8DZ
Received 20 Feb 2025Rosthwaite 29 Willian Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2HQ
Received 5 Feb 2025Chesfield Downs Golf Club Jacks Hill Graveley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7EQ
Received 19 Feb 2025The White House 30 High Street Graveley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7LA
Received 5 Feb 2025Old Trees Letchworth Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3ND
Received 5 Feb 202531 Grovelands Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0QU
Received 5 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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