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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.
1,269 approved · 328 refused · 115 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Feb 2023 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Mermaid Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0ET
Received 18 Mar 2025Pirton School High Street Pirton Hertfordshire SG5 3PS
Received 18 Mar 202552 Grove Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1SF
Received 19 May 202556 Jackmans Place Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1RH
Received 18 Mar 2025172 Wymondley Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9QL
Received 1 Apr 202517 Stotfold Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0QN
Received 19 Mar 2025Puddle End The Close Hinxworth Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5HS
Received 26 Mar 2025Land On Highover Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire
Received 19 Mar 2025Land Off Campfield Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4XH
Received 19 Mar 202518 Springhead Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0LJ
Received 1 Apr 2025Land To The West Of Lucas Lane And East Of Headlands Grays Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HR
Received 19 Mar 2025Land To The West Of Lucas Lane And East Of Headlands Grays Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HR
Received 19 Mar 202514 Newman Avenue Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7LE
Received 19 Mar 202521 Norton Way North Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1BX
Received 20 Mar 2025Elmdene Farm Bedford Road Ickleford Hertfordshire SG5 3RS
Received 20 Mar 202535 High Street Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3PS
Received 2 Apr 2025The Anchor 84 Cambridge Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0JH
Received 20 Mar 20258 Canham Close Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8SD
Received 22 Jul 2025Barn House Turnpike Lane Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3UZ
Received 11 Apr 2025Barn House Turnpike Lane Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3UZ
Received 11 Apr 202514 Iredale View Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6TR
Received 2 Apr 202570 St Albans Road Codicote Hertfordshire SG4 8UU
Received 20 Mar 202575 Bursland Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4UZ
Received 7 Apr 20252 Oakfields Preston Hertfordshire SG4 7FB
Received 21 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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