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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.
1,277 approved · 328 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Porters End House Porters End Lane Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8ER
Received 28 Apr 20252 Whitechurch Gardens Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2AU
Received 23 Apr 2025105 Northfields Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4QX
Received 23 Apr 20255 Church Lane Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1AJ
Received 23 Apr 2025Hedgehog Grove Solar Farm
Received 23 Apr 2025Land To The North And East Of Great Wymondley Arch Road Great Wymondley Hertfordshire
Received 23 Apr 2025Land To The Rear 34 Arlesey Road Ickleford Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3UU
Received 9 May 2025Gladstone Villas Brickyard Lane Reed Hertfordshire
Received 23 Apr 2025Agricultural Field To The West Side Of Hitchin Lane St Ippolyts Hertfordshire
Received 23 Apr 20258a Bucklersbury Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BB
Received 9 Jul 20258a Bucklersbury Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BB
Received 9 Jul 202520 Gaunts Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4PQ
Received 8 May 2025Greenside London Road Langley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7PP
Received 9 Apr 2025Greenside London Road Langley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7PP
Received 9 Apr 2025Greenside London Road Langley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7PP
Received 9 Apr 2025Greenside London Road Langley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7PP
Received 9 Apr 2025Greenside London Road Langley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7PP
Received 9 Apr 2025Greenside London Road Langley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7PP
Received 9 Apr 20253 Church Path Ickleford Hertfordshire SG5 3YJ
Received 24 Apr 2025Memorial Hall Hall Lane Kimpton Hertfordshire SG4 8RD
Received 24 Apr 2025Dalnyveed Bakers Lane Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8HJ
Received 24 Apr 202523 Cherry Drive Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7DL
Received 25 Apr 2025The Library 10 Brand Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1HX
Received 30 May 2025The Library 10 Brand Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1HX
Received 30 May 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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