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.
1,277 approved · 328 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 - 5 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1JQ
Received 16 Apr 202554 Sparhawke Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4PX
Received 12 May 202534 Oakfield Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9JB
Received 8 May 20253 Letchworth Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3ND
Received 17 Apr 2025Morrisons Baldock Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5BA
Received 31 Mar 2025Morrisons Baldock Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5BA
Received 31 Mar 2025Roysia Lodge Roman Way Academy Burns Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5EQ
Received 2 May 2025Pirton Court 1 Priors Hill Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3QA
Received 17 Apr 2025Lamp Post Number 179 Junction Of Broadmeadow Ride And London Road St Ippolyts Hertfordshire
Received 17 Apr 2025186 Whitehill Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9HY
Received 28 May 20255 West Hill Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2HZ
Received 17 Apr 2025The Anchor 84 Cambridge Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0JH
Received 17 Apr 202568 Dacre Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QL
Received 1 May 20258 Wheatfield Crescent Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7EN
Received 22 Apr 202526 Chapman Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0LF
Received 25 Jun 20256 The Drive Blackmore End St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 8LF
Received 21 Apr 2025The Anchor 84 Cambridge Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0JH
Received 8 May 2025Copford House 40 Royal Oak Lane Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3QT
Received 22 Apr 2025Land Rear Of 69 To 77 Penn Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire
Received 22 Apr 2025Land At 1 And 2 New Bungalows Lawrence End Road Peters Green Hertfordshire
Received 7 Apr 202534 Brampton Park Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1XF
Received 6 May 2025St Ibbs Lodge London Road St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7NL
Received 19 Sept 2025St Ibbs Lodge London Road St Ippolyts Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7NL
Received 19 Sept 2025Land To The North And East Of Great Wymondley Arch Road Great Wymondley Hertfordshire
Received 22 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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