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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.
1,251 approved · 323 refused · 115 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 High View Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HL
Received 12 Mar 2025Maplefield The Causeway Therfield Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9PP
Received 13 Mar 202533 Caslon Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4QJ
Received 13 Mar 202531 Millard Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0QE
Received 13 Mar 202529 West Lane Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3RA
Received 13 Mar 202550 High Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6BJ
Received 9 Jun 202550 High Street Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6BJ
Received 9 Jun 2025Standalone Farmhouse Wilbury Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4JN
Received 13 Mar 202568 Dacre Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QL
Received 13 Mar 202526 Bessemer Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1AG
Received 13 Mar 202594 Swinburne Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2QZ
Received 13 Mar 20252 Lower King Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AL
Received 13 Mar 2025104a Bearton Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1UF
Received 9 Apr 2025Valley Farm Kimpton Road Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8ST
Received 13 Mar 2025Ascot Industrial Estate Icknield Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire
Received 27 Mar 20252 Pledgers Place Barkway Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8DQ
Received 3 Mar 202518 Cranborne Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2BS
Received 14 Mar 202540 Hawthorn Hill Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4HG
Received 14 Mar 2025K6 Telephone Kiosk In Front Of 21 High Street (Manor House) Baldock SG7 6BD
Received 14 Mar 202525 Tristram Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0BH
Received 14 Mar 202555 High Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5NP
Received 14 Mar 202527 Uplands Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9NH
Received 14 Mar 2025333 Norton Way South Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1SZ
Received 24 Apr 202534 Grange Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9HD
Received 14 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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