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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.
1,248 approved · 320 refused · 115 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Park Farm Lane Nuthampstead Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8LT
Received 25 Feb 2025Great Offley House Kings Walden Road Offley Hertfordshire SG5 3EA
Received 25 Mar 2025Site Of Former Foundation House Icknield Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1UD
Received 25 Feb 2025160 Bearton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1UA
Received 25 Feb 2025Site Of Former The Foundry Stevenage Road St Ippolyts Hertfordshire SG4 7NU
Received 25 Feb 2025Cokenach Cricket Club Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire SG8 8DF
Received 21 Mar 20254A Kneesworth Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AA
Received 26 Feb 2025Smith End Farm Smiths End Lane Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8LL
Received 26 Feb 2025Smith End Farm Smiths End Lane Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8LL
Received 26 Feb 202511 Oakfields Avenue Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6NP
Received 26 Feb 202538 Sollershott East Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3JN
Received 26 Feb 202538 Sollershott East Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3JN
Received 26 Feb 2025The Fox 37 High Street Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3PS
Received 26 Feb 2025Odyssey Health Club Old Knebworth Lane Knebworth Hertfordshire SG2 8DU
Received 19 Mar 2025BT Exchange Letchworth Nevells Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4TS
Received 25 Mar 2025Chestnut Cottage High Street Reed Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8AH
Received 20 Mar 2025Land To The East Of Foxholes And Gainsford House And On The West Side Of Crow Furlong Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 27 Feb 202538 Kings Hedges Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2PZ
Received 27 Feb 2025The Anchor 84 Cambridge Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0JH
Received 14 Feb 2025Christchurch Methodist Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1HF
Received 17 Mar 2025Land Adjacent To Arnolds Farm Chambers Lane Ickleford Hertfordshire SG5 3YE
Received 27 Feb 2025Ravensburgh Barton Road Hexton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3JN
Received 27 Feb 202544 Bush Spring Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6QT
Received 27 Feb 2025Land North Of Milksey Lane Graveley Hertfordshire
Received 28 Mar 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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