Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
1,251 approved · 322 refused · 115 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Clock Barn Maydencroft Lane Gosmore Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7QD
Received 7 Mar 2025Land To The West Of Lucas Lane And East Of Headlands Grays Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HR
Received 19 Mar 2025Rosedale Maydencroft Lane Gosmore Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7QB
Received 7 Mar 202562 Ridge Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1PN
Received 7 Mar 2025Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Received 7 Mar 20252 Corvus Close Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7XS
Received 24 Mar 202572 Redwing Rise Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7XE
Received 7 Mar 2025Swan Cottage High Street Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8AJ
Received 10 Mar 202515 High Dane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0BD
Received 10 Mar 202518 Passingham Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9LD
Received 10 Mar 2025Cottage Farm Kimpton Bottom Kimpton Hertfordshire SG4 8EU
Received 10 Mar 20253 The Finches Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PB
Received 10 Mar 2025Land North Of 2 Millers Close Picknage Road Barley Hertfordshire
Received 31 Mar 202528 Common Rise Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0HN
Received 15 Apr 20252 Coach Drive Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9AP
Received 24 Mar 20252 Crab Tree Lane Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3QE
Received 12 May 2025Rustling End Farm Rustling End Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8TD
Received 24 Mar 2025Rustling End Farm Rustling End Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8TD
Received 24 Mar 2025Old Well Cottage Southern Green Rushden Hertfordshire SG9 0SY
Received 9 Apr 202598 Ridge Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1PT
Received 10 Mar 2025Site Of Former Wyevale Codicote Garden Centre High Street Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8XA
Received 10 Mar 2025Site Of Former Wyevale Codicote Garden Centre High Street Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8XA
Received 10 Mar 2025205 Whitehill Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9HY
Received 4 Apr 202534 Royal Oak Lane Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3QT
Received 21 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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