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1,251 approved · 322 refused · 115 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Gregans House 34 Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1HF
Received 10 Mar 202534 Royal Oak Lane Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3QT
Received 21 Feb 2025The Exchange Queen Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9TY
Received 11 Mar 20254A Kneesworth Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AA
Received 26 Feb 2025Ravensburgh Barton Road Hexton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3JN
Received 25 Mar 202546 Willian Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2HL
Received 21 Apr 20252 The Range Upper King Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9AZ
Received 11 Mar 2025Site Of Former The Foundry Stevenage Road St Ippolyts Hertfordshire SG4 7NU
Received 11 Mar 202561 Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2TU
Received 11 Mar 2025Land At Police Row Between The Grange And 1 The Grange Police Row Therfield Hertfordshire
Received 11 Mar 20252 Valley Road Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8YA
Received 11 Mar 2025Land To The West Of Lucas Lane And East Of Headlands Grays Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HR
Received 11 Mar 2025High Meadows Preston Road Gosmore Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7QS
Received 11 Mar 20253 Cashio Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AY
Received 11 Mar 202526 Croft Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AP
Received 11 Mar 202538 South View Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3JJ
Received 11 Mar 2025217 Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2UE
Received 27 Mar 202524 Woolston Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2ED
Received 12 Mar 20254 Bury End Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3QB
Received 4 Apr 2025The Cottage Roxley Court Road Willian Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2AJ
Received 25 Mar 202532a Chiltern Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PJ
Received 26 Mar 2025Langley Bottom Farm London Road Langley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7PJ
Received 15 Apr 2025Fig Tree Cottage The Green Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7UB
Received 14 Mar 2025203 Baldock Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2EJ
Received 12 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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