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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.
1,278 approved · 329 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Bradway Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8BE
Received 25 Jun 20258 Bowmans Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9QD
Received 15 May 202576 Sturgeons Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0BN
Received 13 May 202591C Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1NQ
Received 15 May 202591C Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1NQ
Received 15 May 2025Red Lion The Green Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7UD
Received 8 Sept 202532 Norton Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5AW
Received 26 Jun 202518 Verulam Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QE
Received 2 May 2025Starwood House Avenue One Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2HB
Received 13 May 2025Slip End Farm Royston Road Slip End Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 6SG
Received 2 May 2025Land To The East Of 2 West Lane Pirton Hertfordshire SG5 3RA
Received 16 May 2025Ramerick Nursery Bedford Road Holwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3RX
Received 22 May 2025Hawthorns Bedford Road Holwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3RX
Received 19 May 2025Chez Nous Harveys Hill Lane Luffenhall Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7PX
Received 21 May 2025Willow Corner Law Hall Lane Bendish Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8JH
Received 5 May 2025Tatmore Place Farm Preston Road Gosmore Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7QR
Received 5 May 20259 Ransom Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9AX
Received 20 May 2025231 Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2UQ
Received 23 May 2025Land To The North And East Of Great Wymondley Arch Road Great Wymondley Hertfordshire
Received 23 Apr 202531 Manor Crescent Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9LY
Received 6 May 2025Gladstone Villas Brickyard Lane Reed Hertfordshire
Received 23 Apr 2025Gladstone Villas Brickyard Lane Reed Hertfordshire
Received 23 Apr 2025Land Off Bedford Road Holwell Hertfordshire SG5 3RT
Received 11 Jun 2025Greyfriars Hitchin Hill Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9AJ
Received 7 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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