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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.
1,247 approved · 320 refused · 115 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Outside 96 Baldock Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2EJ
Received 14 Feb 20253-4 Dairy Cottages Mill Lane Hexton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3JE
Received 17 Feb 202592 Princes Mews Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9BL
Received 27 Mar 2025Radwell Bury Farm Radwell Lane Radwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5ES
Received 14 Feb 202582 King James Way Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7EF
Received 7 Mar 202515 Hall Mead Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4BS
Received 26 Mar 2025Land South Of A507 At Westfield Common Clothall Road Clothall Hertfordshire
Received 17 Feb 2025Land Between Hampshire Road And Baldock Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9FT
Received 14 Feb 202531 Bradway Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8BE
Received 17 Feb 20254 Uplands Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9NH
Received 17 Feb 202526 Ivy Lane Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9DQ
Received 17 Feb 2025St James House 40 High Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9AG
Received 10 Mar 2025Land North Of Pound Farm London Road St Ippolyts Hertfordshire SG4 7NE
Received 20 Feb 20259 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EA
Received 28 Mar 20259 High Street Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8EA
Received 28 Mar 2025Slip End Farm Royston Road Slip End Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6SG
Received 6 Mar 2025158 Cambridge Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0JN
Received 17 Feb 202514 Sayer Way Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6BN
Received 3 Apr 20252 Hillpath Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1RL
Received 17 Feb 2025West Lane Farm West Lane Pirton Hertfordshire SG5 3QP
Received 14 Mar 202532 Drovers Way Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3EQ
Received 24 Mar 2025Foxacre High Street Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8HX
Received 18 Feb 2025Morrisons Superstore Broadway Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3TS
Received 4 Mar 202545 South View Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3JJ
Received 18 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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