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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.
1,275 approved · 328 refused · 116 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Walsworth Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9SP
Received 6 May 2025Toyldfor Heathfield Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1SY
Received 17 Apr 202589 Pixmore Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3TP
Received 31 Mar 2025Old Manor House Shaftenhoe End Bogmoor Road Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8LE
Received 11 Apr 2025Greenbanks London Road St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7NJ
Received 22 Apr 202530 Nursery Hill St Andrews Place Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9GD
Received 31 Mar 20258 North Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1DJ
Received 28 Mar 202528 Nursery Hill St Andrews Place Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9GD
Received 31 Mar 202533 West Street Lilley Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8LN
Received 16 May 2025Greenbanks London Road St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7NJ
Received 28 Apr 2025Codicote Water Tower Tower Road Codicote Hertfordshire
Received 31 Mar 2025Morrisons Baldock Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5BA
Received 31 Mar 202527 New Close Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6NU
Received 27 May 20255 Hunting Gate Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0TJ
Received 17 Apr 2025182 Glebe Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1DY
Received 31 Mar 2025The Great Barn Rabley Heath Road Codicote Welwyn Hertfordshire AL6 9UA
Received 1 Apr 2025Grand Union Canal Transfer
Received 1 Apr 2025189 Icknield Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4TT
Received 22 Apr 2025Land In Front Of 114 London Road Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6HB
Received 1 Apr 2025Land North Of Highover Farm To Stotfold Road Highover Way Hitchin Hertfordshire
Received 1 Apr 2025103 High Street Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8QL
Received 1 Apr 202512 Tall Trees Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7EG
Received 2 Apr 202521 Alexandra Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1RB
Received 22 May 2025Frogmore Stables Frogmore Bottom Road Kings Walden Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8NN
Received 2 Apr 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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